We have a wood pecker that comes every day to the same spot on the side of our house and has pecked a significant hole. The house is siding with a few wood trim boarding. No where else, just the one spot. What can we do besides covering only the wood with metal flashing. Chemicals? Deterant? trap?
2006-11-09 14:35:59 · 11 answers · asked by sweething 1 in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
You may just seriously have to use a gun. Sometimes the wood peckers find a spot and for some unknown reason continue to peck away at the hole. My neighbor had this problem and ultimately they had to shoot the bird to get it to quit damaging the area. You can try putting some kind of metal flashing over the area, but if the bird returns and begins pecking at or near the original area, you'll probably have to destroy the bird.
2006-11-09 14:47:28 · answer #1 · answered by stretch 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-05-05 03:41:03 · answer #2 · answered by Barry 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't like that gun idea.
Don't woodpeckers peck to get at bugs, to eat? I think they do. I mean, why else would a woodpecker peck? For amusement? I think not.
I suggest eliminating his food source. There must be something up there that he is coming back for, as a snack. Call an exterminator and have them treat the area. For all you know, this annoying nuisance bird is doing you a favor by being an early-warning signal that you have termites.
Other than that, I would get one of those meancing-looking plastic owls and mount it in the area near where the woodpecker pecks. If you tape a photo of Dick Cheney on the owl, I guarentee you, that traumatized bird will never come back.
2006-11-09 15:43:07 · answer #3 · answered by happy heathen 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i do in comparison to that gun theory. do no longer woodpeckers p.c. to get at bugs, to consume? i've got confidence they do. I mean, why else ought to a woodpecker p.c.? For entertainment? i've got confidence no longer. I recommend removing his foodstuff furnish. There have have been given to be some subject up there that he's coming returned for, as a snack. call an exterminator and have them handle the sphere. For all you recognize, this hectic nuisance fowl is doing you a prefer via being an early-serious warning call which you have have been given termites. different than that, i ought to get a style of meancing-gazing plastic owls and mount it interior the sphere close wherein the woodpecker pecks. in case you tape a photo of Dick Cheney on the owl, I guarentee you, that traumatized fowl will in no way come back.
2016-10-03 11:40:48 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Put some framing around the hole and let that beautiful creature live its life. You are so fortunate to have this woodpecker move into the side of your house. I had a woodchuck built a home on the side of my tool shed and everybody told me to kill it. But I let him be. I adorned the entrance to his home and he has been there for over twenty years, best neighbor I have ever had....KECK
2006-11-09 14:49:12 · answer #5 · answered by Tneciter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
try a product called Sniff 'n' Stop @ www.sniffnstop.com. its a paste you put on wood for woodpeckers. it detours them from pecking at the wood. if you want more information you may contct me @ goodcraneop@yahoo.com. hope this helps yu with your problem.
2006-11-10 14:36:26 · answer #6 · answered by goodcraneop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sit under the hole and wait for the woodpecker then when it comes jump up and start squawking
2006-11-09 14:37:35 · answer #7 · answered by oogla_boogla77 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IF you have a .22 you can get bird shot shells for it. they are low velocity and won't kill but will just pepper it. if you're of the mind not to use firearms, then get a fake owl that alot of gardeners use to scare it off. you can get them alot of different places.
2006-11-10 01:45:03 · answer #8 · answered by Darin C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps you have termites or carpenter ants. call a bug man. no bugs, use a gun.
2006-11-10 13:18:57 · answer #9 · answered by Cheryl S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
doesnt your wife get splinters?
2006-11-09 14:43:50 · answer #10 · answered by hell oh 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋