‘It’s kind of funny’: Woodpecker attacks car mirrors in Massachusetts village

woodpecker rests on a camper in Rockport, Massachusetts (Janelle Favaloro photo via AP)

The residents of Rockport, Massachusetts, who during the War of 1812 hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as slings, are slinging rubbish bags and towels over the wing mirrors of their cars to protect them from a destructive woodpecker.

Over the last few weeks, the pileated woodpecker has broken more than two dozen mirrors and at least one vehicle’s side window.