Survey:do you have a pecker?!
Question: i have this one woodpecker that annoys me morning noon and night.he's constantly pecking on my bush out front,which is old and on it's last legs.how can i deter him away from my bush to another area?
Answers: i have this one woodpecker that annoys me morning noon and night.he's constantly pecking on my bush out front,which is old and on it's last legs.how can i deter him away from my bush to another area?
If the suet feeder isn’t working, visual deterrents may be your next step toward getting rid of woodpeckers. A visual deterrent can be just about anything that moves or reflects light. A lot of bird control vendors sell silhouettes of predatory birds like hawks or falcons that may be hung near the area of your home woodpeckers are damaging the most. Eventually, though, woodpeckers will grow accustomed to the presence of any static visual deterrents and ignore them. Strips of aluminum foil hung from awnings or pieces of string nailed to the side of your house are considered one of the more effective forms of visual woodpecker deterrents.
aluminum foil strips
If visual cues and suet feeders aren’t stopping the woodpecker damage, then you may have to invest in a sound deterrent system. Woodpecker sound deterrence is usually managed with a loudspeaker that detects motion and broadcasts the call of a bird of prey or the distress call of a woodpecker to scare woodpeckers away. Sound deterrence systems aren’t cheap. Some of them run into the hundreds of dollars. Are you willing to spend a few hundred bucks on a sound system solely designed to get rid of woodpeckers?
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If nothing else works, it’s time to cordon of the area if you really want to prevent woodpecker damage. This is usually done with hardware cloth or with plastic netting made of a mesh that is fine enough to prevent the bird’s wings from getting caught. Hardware cloth is nice because it’s fairly malleable and it may be painted to match the outsides of your house. Then again, netting is nice because it requires less effort. After all, this should be a temporary solution until you find a way a more effective way to get rid of woodpeckers. This is also a good solution if you don’t have the time to fix any damage done by woodpeckers right away.
1/2" mesh bird netting
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There is one who pecks at the aluminum light pole
you would think after 3 months he would get a clue.....
Find a younger bush.
no, i'm lucky
Our dogs chased away any wood peckers..and squirrels. But they also chased away the hummingbird that showed up once..
now if they could just chase away those dang sparrows...
but perhaps if you got a kitty cat..and let it roam free
;)
There's a huge one in my bush also... ;-)
I`m sorry to hear about your bush being on it`s last legs. If you`d like to deter him away from it you simply have to roll over and he`ll have a new lusting.Poor little pecker.
i used to but he took off with another pecker!i guess they're out pecking together somewhere else!
I have heard of that problem. I have personally help people out with these pesky creatures. If you want some help, I would be happy to help you eradicate the little fellow!