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A Northern flicker comes a hammering

A male Northern flicker basks in the sunshine while sitting atop a round double shepherd's hook arm, with green grass in the background.

While drinking my wake-up cup of coffee the other day, a metallic bam-bam-bam-bam-bam came hammering down the chimney. I’d left the fireplace flue open, so the racket coming from above was loud and intense. After a pause of several seconds, the hammering resumed, a pattern that would repeat itself several times. I’d no doubt thatContinue reading “A Northern flicker comes a hammering”