Things I love....

[rowdy01]

Duke for Mayor wrote:

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Be glad they're only on the porch. There's still stragglers in my house from last summer.
woof

I found two crawling on my fireplace this week. Threw them in while it was burning :)

[Duke for Mayor]

rowdy01 wrote:

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Awwwwww, gotta love woodpeckers. We have flickers, redheaded woodpeckers and downies here.

There was talk a couple of years ago of Ivory billeds being sighted in Arkansas. Not sure if it was ever confirmed, but just the thought of it is pretty exciting.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/evidence/s...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/04/...

woof

[Duke for Mayor]

rowdy01 wrote:

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I found two crawling on my fireplace this week. Threw them in while it was burning :)

This past fall there were so many carcasses in my furnace flue the furnace wouldn't light. Never saw anything like it.

woof

[Duke for Mayor]

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/ivory/video_2011...

woof

[Seriouslady]

Dr Kno wrote:

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I know! Just trying to be supportive. BTW...
I love woodpeckers. They're so beautiful , but can be destructive.

Noisy! They can wake you up from a sound sleep.

[Seriouslady]

Spookhere F trolls wrote:

Rifles
shotguns
handguns
nitroglycerin
Semtex
Fireworks
Guillotine
Piano wire
White Phosphorus
Cats
woodpeckers
Turkey Vultures
opossums
green lasers
Oil
My two girlfriends
my friendly but retarded skunk
and of course dead skinnys

Spookerini, you forgot:

Hand grenades
Shoulder to air missles

Just keeping you covered, pal. Especially when the two girlfriends meet!

[rowdy01]

Seriouslady wrote:

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Noisy! They can wake you up from a sound sleep.

Every spring the flickers have a habit of "drumming" on my aluminum fascia. Talk about a wakeup call!

[Seriouslady]

rowdy01 wrote:

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I found two crawling on my fireplace this week. Threw them in while it was burning :)

Oh, we get at least two in the house every night. I still have the soapy water jar on the porch to drop them in. My husband's four year old granddaughter even catches them with me.

But this is the 3rd summer coming up that I can't leave the french doors to the porch open and can't really use the porch. I am so over it. I don't usually kill bugs, but I've been killing them for two years. I think the little buggers are hibernating behind the siding or under the porch carpet. Bastards!

[Seriouslady]

Duke for Mayor wrote:

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This past fall there were so many carcasses in my furnace flue the furnace wouldn't light. Never saw anything like it.
woof

They're all over the country and have no natural predators. I can't believe they blocked your chimney like that. Yes, I can. I was getting 100 to 200 per day off of my screens. Just don't crush them and they won't smell.

There are so many things I should be doing......

[Catman Dave]

Seriouslady wrote:

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They're all over the country and have no natural predators. I can't believe they blocked your chimney like that. Yes, I can. I was getting 100 to 200 per day off of my screens. Just don't crush them and they won't smell.
There are so many things I should be doing......

Isn't nature wonderful?

[rowdy01]

Seriouslady wrote:

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They're all over the country and have no natural predators. I can't believe they blocked your chimney like that. Yes, I can. I was getting 100 to 200 per day off of my screens. Just don't crush them and they won't smell.
There are so many things I should be doing......

http://www.hammacher.com/Product/73620

[Seriouslady]

One thing I have found dead stink bugs good for: If you kill them in soap and water, like I do, and then pour that in the entrace to a ground hog hole...the ground hogs will NOT cross them. My porch is raised and the gorundhogs moved in under it when I moved into the house. That was O.K. till I had dogs. Poured the dead stink bugs in their holes and they left.

[-tip-]

http://www.scotts.com/smg/goprod/ortho-hdm-in...

Magic.