Persistent woodpecker

Yes, he is quite persistent. He is leaving the corner trim board of my house looking like Swiss cheese.

Persistant woodpecker leaving my house looking like Swiss cheese, originally uploaded by shersteve.

The one that came by this afternoon either was a red-bellied sapsucker or a hairy woodpecker. According to the bird guide I looked it, it looked to be the hairy woodpecker but the hole pattern seemed more like the red-bellied sapsucker.

Either way, they love that corner of the house. Apparently they get attracted y the buzzing in the power liens and mistake that for the insects that they think are hiding in the wood.