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		find their drumming tree 
and get set up with your tripod 
 
then  wait for them ,    
you can even make MOCK drumming calls 
just google that wood pecker's sounds (mp3) 
 
and then arrange a speaker out the window 
to draw them to their special tree. 
they drum to define territory 
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Yeah Swimmer, i  tried for over a year 
to see one up close...then as i was leaving the old 
place one uncharacteristically flew real close 
to my head on his way to the swamp across the street. 
i couldn't believe how big it was. 
		
		
		
		
		
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