Woodpecker pecking down my house one peck at a time.
How to stop a woodpecker from pecking my gutters.
Although a woodpecker s ability to peck into trees when in search of food is well known many species drill into wood where no insects exist.
The flashing will stop the pecking at that spot because.
Woodpeckers tend to follow pests.
Cover all holes as soon as possible.
Woodpecker pecking on metal gutter 0 i recently hung a big bird feeder in my yard in front of my kitchen window.
Place a suet woodpecker feeder near the outside of your home.
Place aluminum flashing over the areas where the woodpecker is pecking.
They eat the bugs inside.
Just make sure that the woodpecker is not living in your home.
Said there are two woodpecker species doing must of the rapping on the sides of houses and on aluminum gutters this time of.
If you have problems with those pests woodpeckers will keep coming back.
Woodpeckers like to feed on suet which is made from the fat of a cow and is available for purchase at wild bird or pet stores.
Quoting from an article on woodpeckers from penn state extension.
Feeding stations may keep woodpeckers away from gutters.
Leaving at least ten dead trees per acre is advised to help woodpeckers with their natural habitat.
When looking at how to deter woodpeckers make sure you deal with other issues such as carpenter ants carpenter bees leaf cutter bees wasps and others that dig into your roof eaves siding fences and trees.
Placing some type of padding on the opposite side of the gutter from the drumming site can sometimes accomplish this.
Hang the feeder well away from the ground so the suet doesn t get eaten by other creatures.
This behavior known as drumming is a rhythmic pecking sequence.
Woodpeckers excavate rotting wood to find food.
I know that my woodpeckers are constantly patrolling the woods nearby.
In this way they are protecting the environment from onslaughts of unwanted insect infestations.
2 weeks later i have 2 3 woodpeckers pecking on the metal gutters everyday.
1 it is metal 2 it changes the sound and 3 woodpeckers don t like shiny objects.