Bobert, lucky you! A red headed woodpecker, and a purple finch! We just don't see either of them much, here in the city/suburbs. Only purple finch I ever saw was in West Virginia.

Woodpeckers don't just drum to get at bugs. They do it to announce their territories, too. Judy and Dennis Cook found this out the hard way. A woodpecker was rat-tat-ing on the shingles of their porch every morning, so they covered the spot where he was pecking with metal. Oh, Boy, did that woodpecker have a good time with that! It made a joyful noise unto the neighborhood. I think they covered the area with rubber or styrofoam after that.