I've got a red headed woodpecker here that keeps whacking away at one of our bat houses. I don't think he'll get any bugs out of the plywood but that doesn't prevent him from trying.
You'll notice the chips taken out of the wood. I've actually seens the chips flying. The bat house is hollow and it sounds like he's beating a drum. Maybe he just likes the music he's making. He keeps coming back! I'm sure our insectivorous buddies are getting rocked but good inside there while their trying to sleep. That's a bamboo tree behind the pole and douglas firs behind that. Took these pix from inside my kitchen because this bird is very flighty.
If I'm outside at dusk I watch our bat houses. It's pretty cool the way they exit the house. Basically they just drop since the only opening is on the bottom. Once they've dropped clear of the house, they can take wing but for a moment they are just dropping. Kinda cool to see how they do it.
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