Woodpecker destroying car mirrors in Massachusetts. An expert explains the reason behind this

CBS News ^ | April 6, 2025 | Logan Hall

[sport]

We had a male Cardinal who would fight with his reflection in a mirror.

[FamiliarFace]

We’ve had Robins and Cardinals do that.

[wjcsux]

Here in New Mexico, they will hammer on metal chimneys.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

I did the same in my bathroom.

[Revel]

Put a bag over them when parked.

[Theophilus]

I was bow hunting about 25ft up in a tree when a Pileated landed above me and started hammering. I’m a large man and it was an accordingly large tree but boy my teeth we rattling!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

For the past week, I’ve had a Robin flying at the windows at the back of my house. Repeated attacks...almost all day long. If it doesn’t stop, I’ll get the .22 out and stop it myself.

[DataJunkie]

LOL! We have Pilate woodpeckers in our area, lots of them and they can get very loud with their pecking. They’ve pecked on our gutters, on the transformer at the pole, on my radio tower but so far haven’t bothered our vehicles. When this first started happening I did a little research and yep, it’s mating season...the louder the pecker the more chance of mating. One year we had one constantly pecking on the radio tower for about a week straight, it was hysterical, we figured he was really desperate, teeheehee.

[FamiliarFace]

He’ll probably hurt himself. One Robin we had bonked his beak so many times it finally bled. That’s when he stopped.

[FamiliarFace]

It is quite something. One year we were treated to a Pileated making a hole in the tree for a nest. We thought it was impressive, but the Mrs. apparently chose a different location for nesting. It would’ve been cool to watch that, but c’est la vie.

[Ezekiel]

How cute is that!

I was a big fan of Woody Woodpecker. Yet I remember nothing about what Woody was actually doing.

I only remember the theme song.

Drilled right in, forever. 🤣

[FamiliarFace]

***Drilled right in, forever. 🤣***

For sure! Perfect word choice, too!

[KevinB]

And was it Woody Woodpecker?

The article did say it was due to mating season, so, apparently, yes.

[Carriage Hill]

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[1Old Pro]

Here in New Mexico, they will hammer on metal chimneys.

I have one that every year, this time of year, a male pecks on the metal chimney top and makes a racket

[mabarker1]

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