On: Why woodpeckers can hammer without getting headach...

[silisili]

Well, that would be a natural explanation if it were any of the 10 thousand nearby trees, or telephone poles even, and not the window awning.

But it could just coincidentally be there were a lot of bugs in that awning, admittedly.

[darkerside → silisili]

Sounds like instinct at play. Woodpecker found a food source, came back and it was dried up, and naturally, it started digging to find more where that came from.

But what do I know, I'm just Monday morning armchair ornithologist!

[dylan604 → darkerside]

TIL, don't hang a bird feeder of any type that close to a window.