I don't have a solution but only a comment about their pecking. Most of you are familiar with a traditional windmill that was found on 99% of farms and are still used in remote pastures of the west to pump water. They had a wooden platform just below the wheel to stand on to service the "Head" where the shaft of the wheel went into and the pump rod came out the bottom, the head needed periodic service. This wooden platform seemed to be a popular pecking site, they would really make it rattle and soon you could hear an answer from another bird pecking somewhere, I think this pecking may be their mating call, I'm just guessing. Maybe this is where old Samuel got his idea for the Morse Code.

Frank.

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