Are you kidding me???

On four different days over the past two weeks there has been this drilling-type noise coming from above my bedroom where the upstairs furnace is located.  It only happens sporadically and, usually, in the mornings but not enough to really figure out what was going on.  After having some conversations with the heating & cooling people who put the thing in originally, we were down to either a vibration with one of the pipes or an issue with the furnace (they were tentatively scheduled to come out this Friday to check things out).
 
Well, this evening I heard the racket again and decided to go out into the backyard on a hunch.  There, on top of the highest roof vent cap that goes directly down to where the furnace is (and my bedroom) was the answer.  Here's an example of the problem except that the acoustics with my roof vent and pipe are FAR better than a street light!
 

 
Now, I'm a nature lover but, if this keeps up, there may be one less bird around the neighborhood! 
 
 

Oh I've got a yard full of the neighbor's kitties, but I like MOST of my birds (usually the little ones) so they know to stay where the rodents are and leave my friends alone.  But I'll definitely consider throwing a cat up on the roof if that woodpecker keeps drilling the vent!

This video's closer to what I hear amplified in my bedroom.
 

Must be a drummer.

We've got several of them in the neighborhood and they love our metal chimney. Freaks the dog out too. They ignore me when I wave my arms and yell at them, so I use a slingshot and nonlethal plastic golf balls to discourage them. I'm reconsidering the nonlethal part. . . .

At least you don't have a raven's nest right above your bedroom window. I had one 2 years ago. Started in February and went till the middle of Summer. They squawk and holler as loud and obnoxiously as they can from wee morn till midnight, especially at feeding time. Tho it was fun to see the young birds grow up and learn to fly, I got absolutely no sleep that spring.

SteveStrummerUK
 
Yes, there's even a pooch (Brian, not Beagle).

Brian is not a pooch.  don't insult us like that.
 
 
 
:)

I lived in an apartment down in Irvine (Orange County area) that overlooked one of the pool areas.  One night when it was warm, there was a night lark gleefully singing away and trying to copy one of those annoying car alarms - the one's that have several different sounds.  He pretty much nailed most of them before horribly failing on the final sound.  Then all you could hear were people laughing from all the surrounding apartments and it became very apparent how many of us had our windows open while being awake at 3am due to that stupid bird.  You could hear comments from around the courtyard like "Anyone got a gun?" to "Will whoever has the alarm remote please use it on that damn bird???"

soens
Woodpeckers gonna peck!

Would he?

Woody?

Beagle

SteveStrummerUK
 
Yes, there's even a pooch (Brian, not Beagle).

Brian is not a pooch.  don't insult us like that.
 
 
 
:)

Pfft....
 
He is too a pooch.
 
And he can sing
 

 
 

I'm thinking the Northern Flicker got shortchanged in the gene pool.
It would appear that it's fairly common for it to peck away merrily on metal pipes.
Most woodpeckers peck on, um, wood.

Or, maybe they're just headbangers that love metal?