Woodpeckers

[SideShow Bob]

Anyone here have to deal with Woodpeckers ?

No Bert not that kind of Woodpeckers............

I woke up this morning at about 0630, to what sounded like the neighbor was building a fence, a constant slow banging sound similar to someone not too handy with a hammer trying to build something.
After about 3 hours of this, I went into the spare bedroom to look out the window to see who was attempting some home owner repairs.
Lo and behold, there was a Woodpecker perched low and between the double windows pecking away at the wood trim. I opened a window and it startled & flew away.
I went outside and found that there are 3 quarter sized holes where that damn bird was perched, and a multitude of pin holes surrounding the bottom 1/4 of one of the windows.
Does anyone know if the Woodpecker will return ? And what can I do to keep it away ?
this Is the first time in the almost 10 years of living here that I have even seen or heard of Woodpeckers in this Hood.

[Great-Kazoo]

throw something to keep the bird off that area, like some chimes flowers etc. You could also spray them with a vinegar water mix, till they get the message.

Only thing you can't do is kill them. For some reason it's another "protected" rat with feathers.

[SideShow Bob]

Kind of hard to put flowers in the area, second floor windows. If the pest returns I'll put wind chimes up there and spray the area with vinegar & water.
Guess I'll have fill the larger holes with wood putty and paint fill the pinholes when I paint over the putty.

[Tinelement]

You could try a rubber toy snake.

I'm trying to remember if that works for woodpeckers.....

[Great-Kazoo]

Spray the pecker, not the windows.

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/wp_about/control.html

• Aluminum foil strips or reflective tape, such as Irri-Tape, manufactured by Bird-X, hung from areas where damage occurs may scare away woodpeckers. The strips should be long enough to hang freely and blow in the breeze.

Woodpecker deterrent hole filler is a natural deterrent. It is a resin-repair system which is used to repair wood structures damaged by woodpeckers. When a woodpecker pecks any area which has been repaired by this hole-filler, it meets with an awful smell and taste, which makes it go away sooner than later.
Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/woodp...eterrents.html

[Irving]

My college roommate would make an "owl" out of a cereal box and hang it from the gutter. Basically just a scary bird-like creature to hang outside.

[TFOGGER]

I guess you could get a wily coyote...wait, that's for roadrunners, not woodpeckers...

[hghclsswhitetrsh]

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

[Monky]

Funny... I woke up to the same thing this morning. Some cat must have got the one annoying me... It stopped suddenly


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