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'Ferocious' woodpecker damages 25 vehicles in Massachusetts town
UPI ^ | 4/25/25 | Ben Hooper

Posted on 05/01/2025 8:05:51 AM PDT by DallasBiff

April 25 (UPI) -- A Massachusetts town is under siege from an apparently territorial pileated woodpecker being blamed for damaging more than 25 vehicles in the area.

Rockport resident Janelle Favaloro managed to capture a photo of the culprit caught in the act of targeting a vehicle with its jackhammer-like beak

(Excerpt) Read more at upi.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: birds; massachusetts; rockport; wildlife; woodpecker

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Great, now we have to worry about ferocious woodpeckers.
1 posted on 05/01/2025 8:05:51 AM PDT by DallasBiff
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To: DallasBiff

As opposed to peckerwoods.


2 posted on 05/01/2025 8:08:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: DallasBiff

Omygosh. It’s a good thing these Massachutssians weren’t around in 1773.


3 posted on 05/01/2025 8:08:48 AM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: DallasBiff

Three Sโ€™s. Shoot Shovel Shutup


4 posted on 05/01/2025 8:10:23 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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To: DallasBiff

Curiously, they were all Teslas!


5 posted on 05/01/2025 8:14:04 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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To: DallasBiff

We had a problem with them in 1995 on the External Tank used on the space shuttle program:

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/06/01/Woodpeckers-damage-space-shuttle/9137801979200/

๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿš€


6 posted on 05/01/2025 8:15:21 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐Ÿ’ฉ? ๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿ’‰! ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‘!)
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To: DallasBiff

Were they all Teslas and was the woodpecker blue?


7 posted on 05/01/2025 8:19:12 AM PDT by know.your.why
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To: DallasBiff

This must be the cigar-chomping Thrush mufflers woodpecker.


8 posted on 05/01/2025 8:20:54 AM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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To: DallasBiff

9 posted on 05/01/2025 8:54:14 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: 17th Miss Regt

Only the 5th post! Well done!


10 posted on 05/01/2025 8:56:43 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: DallasBiff

Paging Farmers Insurance.

I can see another ad with JK Simmons!


11 posted on 05/01/2025 8:58:32 AM PDT by mewzilla (Swing away, Mr. President, swing away!)
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To: Magnum44

Woody Woodpecker is malevolent.


12 posted on 05/01/2025 9:00:20 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: DallasBiff
To be honest, pileated woodpeckers are no joke.

The size of them will shock you if you expected something pigeon-sized.

13 posted on 05/01/2025 9:02:14 AM PDT by PallMal
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To: DallasBiff

She said it’s wearing a red hat. Will MAGA get blamed?


14 posted on 05/01/2025 9:02:39 AM PDT by KittyKares
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To: DallasBiff

Can anyone say Red Rider ? Problem solved.


15 posted on 05/01/2025 9:06:34 AM PDT by spincaster (ifi)
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To: DallasBiff

Sounds like the new maintenance guy they hired here to ruin the apartments.

His first name isn’t “wood” though.


16 posted on 05/01/2025 9:07:12 AM PDT by dforest
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To: spincaster

A neighbor who is a falconer would help. Those birds gotta eat.


17 posted on 05/01/2025 9:19:39 AM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: dfwgator

The bird is looking for bugs in all the wrong places


18 posted on 05/01/2025 9:33:44 AM PDT by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: DallasBiff

Metalpecker.


19 posted on 05/01/2025 9:37:06 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: DallasBiff

Looks like woodpeckers canโ€™t pass the mirror test. He thinks heโ€™s fighting another bird.

Pigeons donโ€™t have this problem, they can pass the mirror test.


20 posted on 05/01/2025 9:37:15 AM PDT by packagingguy
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