Woodpeckers

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

gammo silent hunter pellet gun

Great plan, you get a nice shiny set of bracelets to go with it too.

[DSB OUTDOORS]

hang an CD with fishing line from the eve or something where it can spin and the shiny will scare them away.

^^^^ I put all those old free AOL CDs to good use. I'd patch a hole. Few days later new hole right next to the old / touching. Hung some CD's not more Pricks!!!!!!

[newracer]

You can get a permit to shoot them if you can prove they are a nuisance and are causing damage. It's tough to get though.

[Ah Pook]

Wire netting. The neighbor used it and, so far, has worked.

I have holes across the side of the house, 3" apart and straight, on one side of the house. Fill them in and the peckerwood is back the next week.

[rockhound]

airsoft gun, haze the little f...er, wont kill him but will definitely chase him off, i have pelleted more than one over the years, they dont come back,

hazed one with a snow ball last year too, knocked him off the house from about 30 feet with a nicely packed snowball, he never came back either.

[stenz]

gammo silent hunter pellet gun

x2

[sniper7]

You could plant a tree of his/her liking and help save the planet and go green. You will feel good about yourself doing this.

[generalmeow]

We've got a woodpecker at my work and it makes big holes in the stucco building. Last year we eventually scared it off and patched the holes, but it's back with a vengeance. My boss keeps asking if he should get a pellet gun and shoot it, and I keep telling him no. Besides it evidently being illegal to kill one, people would hear the shot and could call the cops, and also what if you miss?

I just hear it pecking on the building, and I ran out and picked up one of those hard little pine cones and chucked it at it. Almost hit it. But that made me think pinecone + slingshot. Silent, maybe deadly, and harmless if you miss. If you hit it, it probably wont want to come back for more.

[Musashi]

Cat ;-)
We have problems with these fellas at my house - http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Northern_Flicker/id
Anything shiny and hanging should do the trick although with these wind these days I would go with the CD even if it does look a little "red-necky"

[Brian]

Dang, just this week I heard that rapid tapping sound and was wondering if I had a woodpecker. Couldn't quite locate the sound from inside, and wasn't able to find any holes when I went looking, hopefully he's attacking the neighbor's place. LOL.