Axel Grease wrote:
"Mark & Juanita" wrote in message
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My shop has become a target for woodpeckers and I'm fighting having them
burrowing holes in the siding. This isn't just a small inconvenience, it
is becoming a major damage issue. Has anybody found something (besides
shooting them -- not wanting to try that method to start) to get rid of
them. My folks found the following: http://www.kabatape.com but it's
mighty spendy. I suppose I could try real electrical fencing to
accomplish
the same thing by running the hot and a ground wire in close proximity.

Any experience or ideas would be welcome.

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Woodpeckers don't peck for no reason. They come back to places where tasty
bugs live. Have you sprayed the siding with insecticide?

I think it is also for a mating call or something. When I was young we
had one rat-a-tatting on our tin roof for days . Nothing tasty there.


otherwise -
Have you tried rubber toy snakes and/or owl decoys? Fake owls need a
movable head or even motorized wings. Stationary ones get ignored
eventually. Yellow glass eyes help. Farm supply stores often carry them.
Also - http://www.shopwiki.com/search/Owl+Decoy
Some places also sell hawk decoys.

Axel





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