Tormented by a Woodpecker? Don't Worry, It's only Looking for a Mate

  For a few weeks in spring, woodpeckers may find a drumming post on your house. On the Weekly Bird Report, Vern Laux says these energetic birds bang on anything that will amplify their drumming. The sides or tops of houses have the added benefit of acoustically enhancing sounds with echoes and reverberations that make the sound travel even further. If one of these birds is tormenting you, don’t worry, as soon as it finds a mate and begins breeding, it calms down. Just like any parent of young, the bird will be too busy caring for its offspring to waste time, and and that means no more racket on your house.