B.C. by Mastroianni and Hart for December 16, 2013

Mr. Blackmail, indeed!

Ironwood?

Make sure you charge that battery.

Petrified wood doesn’t usually grow leaves (second panel).

@Nabuquduriuzhur -The drumming (jackhammer) is a mating thing. It’s to impress the “ladies” and call to them, showing their talents according to one of my bird books. It would also explain why it’s a periodic thing, and not constant.

The first time I heard it reverberating through my new home, I thought I was under attack!

whatever it takes to do the job

HA HA HA HA OMG! I love it. Always wondered how they didn’t get headaches!

We’ve had to have our big metal streetlight replaced twice through the years because of a ladderback woodpecker. It makes such a lovely racket when he pecks it!

Poor guy looks like he broke his pecker.

I always thought that woodpeckers pecked at a tree to get to insects. You learn something new every day.

The cordless hole saw made by Black & Pecker.

I always wondered why woodpeckers don’t get concussions. It ain’t natural for any animal to bang its head into a tree repeatedly.

Worse off than a woodpecker with a hangover.

I’m not sure why squirrels gnaw at the garage door frame either, but they sure do. It’s not wood, but a fiber-cement composition.

Must have wandered into the Petrified Forest.

Some years back there was a woodpecker hammering away on a transformer a power pole up the street. After about 5 minutes of this the transformer got mad and exploded. I sound like a bomb when it went off. I went up to where it happened after the power company replaced the transformer and found the chard remains of the bird.

Maybe that should be, “…I’ll peck you a tonsillectomy!”