There is a reason behind this assault on your senses, especially early in the morning. In fact, there could many multiple reasons Once you know them, you will be able better to apply the proper solution.
Why Are Woodpeckers Trying to Destroy My House and / or My Sanity?
1. To Attract a Mate
2. To Establish a Territory
3. To Make a Cavity for a Nest
4. To Find Food
Since woodpeckers do not have a song to sing that will capture the heart of a prospective mate, they do what comes naturally-they become hammerheads! Pecking away at 20 times per second You can easily see how they could give them them a major migraine, if not a conversation, without such natural protection.
Utility poles are another good drumming surface. This banging sound will echo and be heard for very long distances. If there are potential mates around, this form of communication is no fail.
Those calls consist of, among others, & # 39; pit-pit & # 39; or & # 39; chick-chick & # 39 ;, sometimes high-pitched, depending when the circumstances. I have a red-bellied woodpecker that comes swooping in on the bird feeders, while uttering its loud and high-pitched & # 39; chink-chink & # 39; s like he & # 39; s saying "gang way, here I come"! This strategy is very effective as all the other birds scatter before it.
Another very important reason for woodpeckers to bang on surfaces is to establish their territory.
Each tree produces a different sound which will create a kind of musical chart. Woodpeckers revisit this chart daily, always many times a day especially in the spring when territories and mates are most important.
Woodpeckers are natural cavity nesters With all the urban development and loss of natural habitat, woodpeckers take what they can get in order to survive. Normally a dead tree or & # 39; s purpose very well., most people do not like to have unsaturly, and sometimes dangerous, dead trees around their property. arise, as always, when humans and animals are forced into the same habitat.
Food sources like insects and their larvae stay in wood, even sometimes in your wood siding Equipped with barbed tongues up to 4 "If a woodpecker continues to peck at the same spot, especially when it is not spring time, then you may have an infestation. Long, woodpeckers are able to reach into or out bark and easily latch on their meals. exterminator can determine if carpenter bees or some other insects are indeed present in your wood.
Okay, so now we know why these drummers do what they do, what can we do to stop them?
These are my recommendations for natural and non-toxic remedies to your woodpecker problem:
1. These repellents taste and smell bad to a woodpecker.
2. Again depending on the position of the damage and how easily accessible it is for you, there are netting products that can be draped across the area in question.
Where I live, there are 3 different woodpeckers that come to my bird feeders year round : hairy, downy and red-bellied. The male downy woodpecker has a red patch on its head, while while the hairy and downy females have the same black and white markings. but are different sizes. That is: h ayary = h uge compared to d owny, which is d a wish, and a red head with neck, with a hint of red on its stomach, and it is large.
Magically my woodpecker woes disappear when I supply it with a suet. A jelly They regularly visit my oriole nectar feeder and the hummer feeder that has a larger perching area. feeder and / or mealworm feeder never hurts either. Woodpeckers really do have a sweet tooth and can taste sweetness.
5. Shiny objects that move with the wind unpredictably will help deter their efforts and encourage them to move them. Look for them online or at your local hardware store Those fake owls and hawks - save your money - woodpeckers soon learn they are not real.
DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES KILL A WOODPECKER, NO MATTER HOW ANNOYING THEY ARE. ALL WOODPECKERS ARE PROTECTED BY LAW, AND YOU WILL FACE STIFF FINES AND POSSIBLE JAIL TIME!
In my woods I have many poplar trees. They are beloved by the bigest woodpecker in North America-the Pileated Woodpecker. The males arrive early in the spring and begin & # 39; calling & # 39; for a mate. They do not have a song, per se, but a very distinct call. It is said that Woody Woodpecker of cartoon was was loosely modeled after a pileated woodpecker. I just think they are a very cool looking bird!
I know that my woodpeckers are constantly patrolling the woods nearby. Living from 4 years up to an astonishing 11 years, they can eliminate a lot of bugs in their lifetimes. So I can live with my springtime chimney pipe concerts!
