On May 21, 10:15 am, Sacha wrote:
On 21/5/07 09:48, in article
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" wrote:
for 2 days I have heard a noise like a woodpecker and this morning I
finally tracked down what he was doing. I was woken by this yammering
on wood and I thought it was in the eaves, it wasn't it was at the
bird box on the wall and pecking the entrance hole enlarging it!

I shooed it off but it was back within a minute. The parents of the
blue tits in the box only came back after the bad bird had gone.

I don't know anything about birds, the bad one was black with a red
crest and a longish beak, I don't know if that is a woodpecker or
not. Sorry not to be more precise. My question is, as I am just
going out to the dentist, what can I do to protect the birds? Shall I
take the box off the wall until I get back or would that distress the
parents so much that they might abandon it? An urgent reply would be
appreciated.

Judith

Best to leave it, Judith and let the parents chase off the woodpecker.

But they don't, they fly into the trees. I have just chased it off
again, it's black, white and red, is it a woodpecker and if it gets in
will it kill the chicks?

I've just 'phoned a friend and she says it's nature!!!

Judith