Woodpecker terrorizing car mirrors on the North Shore

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https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/woodpecker-terrorizing-car-mirrors-north-shore/6Q3XBDRAFVGWRHWY2OYWLYKANQ/

Woodpecker terrorizing car mirrors on the North Shore

By Bryan Lambert, Boston 25 News Staff
April 04, 2025 at 12:41 pm EDT

ROCKPORT, Mass. — A bird on the North Shore seems to be waging a war on vehicular safety.

Jane Favaloro, of Rockport, told Boston 25 she counts herself among the victims of a feathered fiend on the North Shore.

Favaloro says a dapper pileated woodpecker has been attacking sideview mirrors on cars, trucks and vans in wooded areas around Rockport. It took out the side mirror on her truck alongside her brother-in-law’s and her neighbor’s.

One resident allegedly had 3 mirrors on his Mercedes van taken out, Favaloro says.

In total, Favaloro claims nine mirrors have fallen to the terror from the skies.

Jay Frontiero, a Gloucester-based birder, told The Gloucester Times the woodpecker is likely mistaking his reflection as another male and trying to push it away.

Frontiero suggests residents tilt vehicle mirrors at a downward angle at least for the next few weeks.

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(cbc/aih story: a guy sitting in his truck when the bird flew up and smashed the windshield.)