Cuba: There are amazing birds in the factory of nature and one such bird is the carpenter who pierces the trees with his beak. But there is also a type of woodpecker that can be called a machine gun woodpecker because of its awful sound.
They are called Northern Flickers and are common in Central and North America, Cuba and the Cayman Islands. They are obsessed with hitting their beaks with a metal object, and when they do, they make a machine-gun-like sound that can be heard from afar.
The length of this bird is seven to fifteen centimeters. This beautiful brown-billed bird makes a lot of noise from spring to summer. Its beaking action is called drumming, which suggests high-speed firing. But this bird likes to beak on metal. According to experts, this is how he declares his territory. But in the human ear, this noise feels like a machine gun, which is why this wood packer is also called a machine gun bird.
This sound, on the other hand, emits a male wood packer to attract the female. For this he chooses a metal surface where resonance can be created and sound can be heard far away. It strikes its beak 25 times a second and the machine gun moves at the same speed.
However, these birds, with their strong beaks, also affect house beams, dish antennas, fireplace metal lids and other items. Sometimes the noise is so unbearable that many methods are being used to drive them away.