Woodpeckers - How to stop them!
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I thought about shooting, but I don't want to pepper the side of the house, nor do I really want to shoot them, just get them off the house!!
I guess I was thinking if there was some sort of spray or something that would deter them I would try that. If not, I just may have to pull out the lawn chair......I know it won't take long for the bastages to come back!!
I guess I was thinking if there was some sort of spray or something that would deter them I would try that. If not, I just may have to pull out the lawn chair......I know it won't take long for the bastages to come back!!
yamahauler
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tack up some mouse traps. Feel free to entice them with something that might make them want to peck it. Heck, probly take them out with a rat trap, lol. That is what my parents did. A few snaps on the beak or when a wing hit it and they went back to pecking trees.
Fishing line,
String fishing line across the area,simply tack or nail with smail nails keeping it about 1-1/2 t0 2 inches away from the siding.
Theroy is they fly into the fishing line (which you don't see) their wings get tangled and they learn not to come back.
They use this down in Florida at hotels along the beach to keep the seaguls away from the pool and I use it to keep Herons out of my pond.
Dan
A few tiny nail holes beats woodpecker damage
String fishing line across the area,simply tack or nail with smail nails keeping it about 1-1/2 t0 2 inches away from the siding.
Theroy is they fly into the fishing line (which you don't see) their wings get tangled and they learn not to come back.
They use this down in Florida at hotels along the beach to keep the seaguls away from the pool and I use it to keep Herons out of my pond.
Dan
A few tiny nail holes beats woodpecker damage
http://www.ext.colostate.edu/Pubs/natres/06516.html
I would guess though if you eliminate the reason they come, you'll be rid of them. I assume they are coming for food...insects. Spray the home or have an exterminator spray the exterior of the home for insects.
If not that, perhaps the link above will offer some assistance. Good luck
I would guess though if you eliminate the reason they come, you'll be rid of them. I assume they are coming for food...insects. Spray the home or have an exterminator spray the exterior of the home for insects.
If not that, perhaps the link above will offer some assistance. Good luck
michaeladams
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if your pecker was hard would you not peck holes
Oh michaeladams you are a barrel of laughs all over the boards today......NOT.
Brad,
I do have a feeder near by, with sunflower seads and peanut butter, but they still go after what I suspect jpsted said, insects burroughing for the winter. I'll just have to keep beatin on the walls for now.
Brad,
I do have a feeder near by, with sunflower seads and peanut butter, but they still go after what I suspect jpsted said, insects burroughing for the winter. I'll just have to keep beatin on the walls for now.
booondocker
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Jp is correct. These birds have incredible hearing ability and they actually hear the insects in the siding. They are doing what comes naturally to them, on this somewhat weird sized tree. Spray the siding and kill the insects (you don't really want them there right now anyway do you??) and the birds will leave it alone.
In the meantime, go on line and find some tree netting designed to keep birds out of fruit trees or strawberries. It is cheap netting that is light and you can suspend it on the side of the siding a couple inches off the side of the house...they won't like that and will leave it alone.
I use the stuff to cover my large windows which the birds bang into and it prevents them from hurting themselves when I feed in the winter.
In the meantime, go on line and find some tree netting designed to keep birds out of fruit trees or strawberries. It is cheap netting that is light and you can suspend it on the side of the siding a couple inches off the side of the house...they won't like that and will leave it alone.
I use the stuff to cover my large windows which the birds bang into and it prevents them from hurting themselves when I feed in the winter.
I eliminated three of them this year, over the last year they have tore the heck out of my siding, I have replaced a few pieces, but I never saw any bugs behind any of the siding, the last time I heard one he was pecking on my metal rain gutter, sure made a racket in the house, Im going to try the fish line theory, nothing else has worked,
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