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get a carpenter to determine the extent of the damage. Rather than discuss his own situation, though, Kilpatrick reported that the Flicker had caused thousands of dollars of damage to the home of David Brinkley in nearby Boston. Said Kilpatrick: “He (Brinkley) will have to replace every wooden window frame in his house.”
Rappahannock’s extension agent Birgitt Thornhill has received many complaints about the Flicker. The only remedy she knew of was to place nets up to keep the birds from going under the sills.
A member of the woodpecker family, the Yellow-shafted Flicker (Colaptes auratus) thrives in lightly wooded regions near open farmland. According to Song and Garden Birds of North America “The yellowshafts return to their breeding grounds in time for the first flush of spring. Ardent suitors drum courting messages on resonant limbs, roofs, or antennas to the annoyance of people who are trying to sleep.”
Ranging from central Alaska to Newfoundland, from the Rocky Mountains to Florida, the Flicker is notorious for pecking holes in summer cottages and homes. It also has a reputation for being noisy. American Land Birds by Alice E. Ball gives the following report of the Flicker:
“Though rather shy birds, they often approach inhabited houses and frequently cause amusing situations because of their regular drumming on roof or wall. In Florida, a young woman whom I know was once aroused from her early morning’s sleep by a flicker’s knock, and drowsily responded with a ‘Come in’.”
The report continues: “A friend and I, spending a week-end in an Ohio summer cottage that possessed no alarm-clock, asked to be called in time for a very early boat. We heard a knocking, arose, dressed quietly to avoid disturbing the household, and then found that our summons had come from Flickers on the roof, and that we had lost about two hours of precious morning’s sleep.”
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