Ya gotta pay Attention!!!!
I have to tell you the whole story here to explain...
Last summer I put in a new blower fan in one of the propane heater stoves in the house...
About a month ago I start hearing a rapid thunk thunk thunk from the stove, so I swear at the blower fan thinking it is going out again and the up coming chore of changing it again...
I tell the wife to listen for it while I'm at work, she later tells me no problems...
Hmmmm I think to myself she wasn't paying attention :)
Well sure enough every morning at about 6:30 am, thunk thunk thunk,
only at that time, does the fan act up..
Well about 4 days ago, the wife in a womanly moment of brilliance says, "Honey, that sounds like a wood pecker" I think to myself "Yep she's an idiot, why would a wood pecker be pecking at a metal stove pipe on the roof"....
Well I go outside the next morning and sure enough there is a frigging wood pecker standing on the very top of the pipe thunk thunk thunking on the metal pipe cap... STUPID BIRD
So with my tail between my legs, I have to tell her that she was right, and in a manly moment, grab the 20ga. and head outside to kill this offending little :cen ......
Well that didn't work, he was gone before I could even bring the gun to shoulder.. ";"
So as I get ready to shave this morning, I have the lather made, lather up, strop the razor, and THUNK THUNK THUNK I am shaking my head as a decide this bird is so gonna die. In that one second of inattention to that very sharp Real Red Point Razor at my face, I now have a nice slice in my cheek...
So I say to you all,,,,,, Pay attention to that edge at all times :(
Oh and trust me I am so hunting that bird down tomorrow morning !!!!!!
It's a mating thing, I think
I think it's a mating issue, the wood pecker attacking metal that is. It seems to only happen around certain times of the year, but they just love steel roofs as well.
Oh, and be careful you don't fill your stovepipe full of holes. ;)