Here he is making a hollow form.
Used to pound on metal cover on fireplace.We don't have too many of the usual woodpeckers here. Once in awhile I see a downy and we have the red-bellied sapsuckers. Our most common is the northern flicker. They beat faster than any other woodpecker and love to find hollow metal fixtures like street lights or the fire place hood and then rap on it like crazy to impress the girls.
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