how i do i attract woodpeckers?

Question

i sometimes see a great spotted woodpecker in a tree outside my garden what can i do to attract him into my garden

Answer 1

I put a suet outside for the birds and over time I was surprised to see that I was getting a lot of visits from woodpeckers. Two different kinds of species even! So I recommend getting a suet and hanging it from a tree. They seem to like peanut the best I think but that's no positive. A lot of them say too what birds they are more likely to attract.

Answer 2

Be careful You don't want them too close to your house because unless your house is brick or concrete Woodpeckers would love the side of your house and can drive you crazy. We had them last year and they were a real pain in the neck knocking o the side of the house early in the morning.

Answer 3

We have a variety of wood peckers - green, lesser and greater.

We hang peanuts and other wild bird food in the long wire tubes so that they are long enough for the woodpeckers to cling on to and peck at.

They also like bacon rind

Answer 4

I hang nuts out which a Lesser spotted woodpecker enjoys.The
problem is,he keeps away others like Blue **** etc.

Answer 5

Woodpeckers like trees....where they get food from....nothing in your garden will interest him...be happy you have one in your yard...they are endangered in some states

Answer 6

We had pileated woodpeckers in our Pine timber for years. My mom positioned suet out for them , set up her eisle and did watercolors of them. impulsively they left and by no potential got here back. i wish yours shows up back.

Answer 7

put a mini bird sancuary lol.
a bird bath, a bird house some bird seeds and water to drink

Answer 8

make a noise like a dead tree.

Answer 9

Go out without a hat !!!

Answer 10

pretend you're a log




only joking sorry

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