Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Working outside today with a woodpecker nearby, likely a red belly. Sounds like 400-500 rounds per minute. Or maybe that should be PPM (pecks per minute). Anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Cyclic rate really depends on the length of the neck which translates to “ what kind of woodpecker?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Google says 20 pecks/second. 20 X 60 = 1200 rpm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha! That's the Woody Woodpecker Song! (Or as near as I can come to it in print! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 My pileated is nowhere near that fast. OTOH he could reduce my reloading cave to sawdust if he wanted to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 We have a Pileated Woodpecker at the cabin that bangs on a metal NO TRESPASSING sign to mark his territory. Funny a all getout. AND LOUD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 A little off track but if any of you would like a good read, The Grail Bird the story of the hunt for the ivory billed woodpecker in the swamps of Louisiana by Tim Gallagher is pretty good. About every decade there is a reported sighting and it kicks off a rabid woodpecker hunt down south. Some people swear they are still around but they’ve seen declared extinct for a long time. There are some interesting characters in this book. I didn’t want to see it end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trailrider #896 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: We have a Pileated Woodpecker at the cabin that bangs on a metal NO TRESPASSING sign to mark his territory. Funny a all getout. AND LOUD! Used to have some sort of Pecker at our previous house that used to wake us up banging on the roof gutter...about five in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 When I lived in NC we had a confused Redheaded woodpecker that would peck at night around 03:00-04:00 hours. I thought it was funny. My neighbors didn't. One neighbor asked if I knew where it was. He wanted to shoot it. I told him it was in the big tree right behind his house...he was too lazy to get up and find it himself so I figured he'd be too lazy to verify what I said. I was right. After a few days the woodpecker got his clock fixed and all was right with the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocWard Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 48 minutes ago, Michigan Slim said: We have a Pileated Woodpecker at the cabin that bangs on a metal NO TRESPASSING sign to mark his territory. Funny a all getout. AND LOUD! We get Red-bellied Woodpeckers around here, and a couple of times they've gone at our vinyl siding. No damage, but it makes a heckuva racket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Okie Sawbones, SASS #77381 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Depends on whether the woodpecker was visiting the crack house before the pecks per second are determined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 59 minutes ago, Pat Riot, SASS #13748 said: When I lived in NC we had a confused Redheaded woodpecker that would peck at night around 03:00-04:00 hours. I thought it was funny. My neighbors didn't. One neighbor asked if I knew where it was. He wanted to shoot it. I told him it was in the big tree right behind his house...he was too lazy to get up and find it himself so I figured he'd be too lazy to verify what I said. I was right. After a few days the woodpecker got his clock fixed and all was right with the world. Probably just as well. It would have been a Federal offense if your neighbor had shot that bird. We've got a red-headed woodpecker in the neighborhood. It's usually content with the locust trees out back, but now and then it comes and rattles the electricity meter box on a post next door. (Right by my bedroom window. Usually about 5:00 AM in the summer. Sounds like a riveter.) The most annoying bird I ever heard at night was a screech owl that was hunting in the meadow out back of our house in Ohio. For about a month and a half he'd be out there every night perched on a neighbor's roof, letting out the occasional screech. It sounded like somebody's 3-year-old getting ready to throw a tantrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 23, 2018 Author Share Posted April 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Noz said: Google says 20 pecks/second. 20 X 60 = 1200 rpm That's like an MG-42! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Is this the correct forum to discuss this fellow's pecker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calico Mary Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 we haz a winner!!!!!! Thanks, BMC....that's the best thing I'z red on here in a looooooooong time!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Is this the correct forum to discuss this fellow's pecker? BWAAA HA HA HA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Cant top BMC so have to go serious. There was a Japanese MG nicknamed the Woodpecker. The below is from Wiki. The Type 92 was essentially a scaled-up version of the Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun, with its calibre increased to 7.7 mm, and like the Type 3 was air cooled, ammo strip-fed, and based on the Hotchkiss M1914.[4] Rounds fired from the gun traveled at about 730 m/s (2,400 ft/s), and the rate of fire was about 450 rpm. It was nicknamed "the woodpecker" by Western Allied soldiers because of the characteristic sound it made when fired due to its relatively low rate of fire. I would say AS origional "guesstimate" of 400/500 PPM is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yul Lose Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Is this the correct forum to discuss this fellow's pecker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abilene Slim SASS 81783 Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 Based on YouTube videos, this Red Belly 'pecker wasn't as slow as the Type 92, Major. Not as fast as the German MG-42, either. Subjectively, he sounded closer to the US M249 at 650-850 RPM. Would that make him a Sawpecker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michigan Slim Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The barrel on the Type 92 was ribbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleWolf Brunelle, #2495L Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, Major Crimes said: Cant top BMC so have to go serious. There was a Japanese MG nicknamed the Woodpecker. The below is from Wiki. The Type 92 was essentially a scaled-up version of the Type 3 Heavy Machine Gun, with its calibre increased to 7.7 mm, and like the Type 3 was air cooled, ammo strip-fed, and based on the Hotchkiss M1914.[4] Rounds fired from the gun traveled at about 730 m/s (2,400 ft/s), and the rate of fire was about 450 rpm. It was nicknamed "the woodpecker" by Western Allied soldiers because of the characteristic sound it made when fired due to its relatively low rate of fire. I would say AS origional "guesstimate" of 400/500 PPM is about right. Heard that on an R. Lee Ermey "Mail Call" bloopers video I watched last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 19 minutes ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said: Based on YouTube videos, this Red Belly 'pecker wasn't as slow as the Type 92, Major. Not as fast as the German MG-42, either. Subjectively, he sounded closer to the US M249 at 650-850 RPM. Would that make him a Sawpecker? The MG3, which we had fitted to our Leopard Tanks (Leo 1) a great MG in the coax role. and the SAW I cant watch these video's at work (computers lock out UTube) so I hope they are the right ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Crimes Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 4 hours ago, Badger Mountain Charlie SASS #43172 said: Is this the correct forum to discuss this fellow's pecker? Were you thinking Merchants Corner or Classifieds? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Sparky Nelson said: Probably just as well. It would have been a Federal offense if your neighbor had shot that bird. So? Damn near everything else is, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Chance Morgun Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 An Alaskan woodpecker and a Texan woodpecker were in Texas arguing about which state had the toughest trees. The Texan woodpecker claimed Texas had a tree that no woodpecker could peck. The Alaskan woodpecker accepted his challenge and promptly pecked a hole in the tree with no problem. The Texan woodpecker was amazed. The Alaskan woodpecker then challenged the Texan woodpecker to peck a tree in Alaska that was absolutely 'impeckable' (a term frequently used by woodpeckers). The Texan woodpecker expressed confidence that he could do it and accepted the challenge. The two of them flew to Alaska where the Texan woodpecker successfully pecked the so-called 'impeckable' tree almost without breaking a sweat. Both woodpeckers were now terribly confused. How is it that the Alaskan woodpecker was able to peck the Texas tree, and the Texan woodpecker was able to peck the Alaskan tree, yet neither was able to peck the tree in their own state? After much woodpecker pondering, they both came to the same conclusion: Apparently, the farther from home you are, the harder your pecker gets..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 The “Russian woodpecker” was totally different. I have seen it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 said: The “Russian woodpecker” was totally different. I have seen it. It could also be quite annoying if you talked back to it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imis Twohofon,SASS # 46646 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I have nuttin to add Imis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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