No perching on targets, but “my” nuthatches show up like Pavlov’s dogs when they hear the pumping clacks. They sometimes sit in a tree right near where I shoot from. The clacks just signal that I am out there, and they are hoping I put some peanuts out for them.

In marked contrast, Euro doves hate the sound of pellets punching steel cans, especially nested steel cans. That’s a good thing. I want them to go away.
 
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I have a steel rimfire/ airgun trap sitting on a 4" cinder block on the ground at the top of the bank of the creek behind me. It is my 30 yd shooting lane.

I get such a kick out of all the clueless critters who wander directly in front of my target and watch me watching them through my scope, Groundhogs, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks and some birds. They all get a pass in my yard unless they are starlings or hosps.

Its just funny.
 
Occasionally I'll have a curious grey squirrel emerge from the wood line and come up to investigate the "thump...thump" sound they hear being produced from the big old log that is the backstop of my 60yd target when I'm shooting through paper. They'll climb right up on it to try and figure out what is going on. The sound seems to intrigue them for some reason. They do not fair as well as your birds.