Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree and
peeked around to check me out.

On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:
Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree and
peeked around to check me out.


That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

On Apr 14, 6:16�pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart was
right on the money. *I thought it was too much work for a bird but today I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. *He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another tree
20' on the other side of the stump. *Went on the far side of that tree and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him

dpb wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree and
peeked around to check me out.



That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...


Bugs softened up the wood - woodpeckers just ate the bugs and left some
crumbs )

wrote:

On Apr 14, 6:16�pm, "dpb" wrote:

On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:


Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart was
right on the money. �I thought it was too much work for a bird but today I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. �He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another tree
20' on the other side of the stump. �Went on the far side of that tree and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...


just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him


I had one that liked my TV antenna; I've read they hit metal to signal
other woodpeckers that this is his territory.

Hey I can beat that, my satilite dish is 10' from my bedroom window,
little ******* sits on the back and drums away at it, any ideas on a fix for
that one? Neighbour used to do road construction, built an 18' x 40' cuvert,
2 guys, 40,000 rivets, wasn't half as bad as a woodpecker on sat dish.

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On Apr 14, 6:16?pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart
was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today
I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another
tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree
and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him

"Greg" wrote in message
news:EjqUh.79738$aG1.43772@pd7urf3no...
Hey I can beat that, my satilite dish is 10' from my bedroom window,
little ******* sits on the back and drums away at it, any ideas on a fix
for that one?

Try this:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=366


Neighbour used to do road construction, built an 18' x 40' cuvert,
2 guys, 40,000 rivets, wasn't half as bad as a woodpecker on sat dish.

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On Apr 14, 6:16?pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart
was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today
I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another
tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree
and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him

On Apr 15, 3:34�pm, "Jackson" wrote:
"Greg" wrote in message

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*Hey I can beat that, my satilite dish is 10' from my bedroom window,
little ******* sits on the back and drums away at it, any ideas on a fix
for that one?

Try this:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=366

Neighbour used to do road construction, built an 18' x 40' cuvert,



2 guys, 40,000 rivets, wasn't half as bad as a woodpecker on sat dish.

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On Apr 14, 6:16?pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart
was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today
I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another
tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree
and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him- Hide quoted text -

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you sure he is pecking at dish, check the surrounding wood, he is
probably attacking wood and dish is noisey because of vibration.

On Apr 16, 7:17 am, " wrote:
On Apr 15, 3:34?pm, "Jackson" wrote:



"Greg" wrote in message

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?Hey I can beat that, my satilite dish is 10' from my bedroom window,
little ******* sits on the back and drums away at it, any ideas on a fix
for that one?

Try this:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=366

Neighbour used to do road construction, built an 18' x 40' cuvert,

2 guys, 40,000 rivets, wasn't half as bad as a woodpecker on sat dish.

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On Apr 14, 6:16?pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump apart
was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but today
I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree 50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to another
tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree
and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

you sure he is pecking at dish, check the surrounding wood, he is
probably attacking wood and dish is noisey because of vibration.


Not necessarily...they're bad about attacking power poles even though
they're not infested. They do enough damage from an economic point of
view of forcing replacement of poles by utilities that EPRI sponsored
research to try to uncover causes and possible remediation/
preventative measures. Turns out apparently the humming of wires is
near enough that of some delectable species of bugs they were
attracted in the hope of a meal. Perhaps a similar noise in an
antenna/dish support could be an attractant. The attempted cure for
the power poles was to try some frequency-modifying additions to poles
which were continually being attacked. I'm not aware how successful
they may have been -- or not...

No he sits on the back metal bracket and hammers on the back of the dish,
I'm going to put some chicken wire over back to see if that will discourage,
just hope he doesn't then move to front.

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On Apr 15, 3:34?pm, "Jackson" wrote:
"Greg" wrote in message

news:EjqUh.79738$aG1.43772@pd7urf3no...

Hey I can beat that, my satilite dish is 10' from my bedroom window,
little ******* sits on the back and drums away at it, any ideas on a fix
for that one?

Try this:

http://www.pyramydair.com/cgi-bin/model.pl?model_id=366

Neighbour used to do road construction, built an 18' x 40' cuvert,



2 guys, 40,000 rivets, wasn't half as bad as a woodpecker on sat dish.

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On Apr 14, 6:16?pm, "dpb" wrote:
On Apr 14, 2:21 pm, "Srgnt Billko" wrote:

Whoever guessed it was a pileated woodpecker pulling my old stump
apart
was
right on the money. I thought it was too much work for a bird but
today
I
surprised the little (not so little) devil. He flew to another tree
50'
away to see if I was going to stay or leave - and then back to
another
tree
20' on the other side of the stump. Went on the far side of that tree
and
peeked around to check me out.

That would have been me...

Pretty amazing what they'll do, ain't it?

Like you, wouldn't have thought it possible from them until I saw them
in action...

just be glad its not visiting your home every morning at 5 AM drilling
at your homes trim. my woodpecker had a schedule his stop here was
first thing in the morning

I had all the trim covered with aluminimum to silence him- Hide quoted
text -

- Show quoted text -

you sure he is pecking at dish, check the surrounding wood, he is
probably attacking wood and dish is noisey because of vibration.

Greg wrote:
No he sits on the back metal bracket and hammers on the back of the dish,
I'm going to put some chicken wire over back to see if that will discourage,
just hope he doesn't then move to front.


If you can rig it, a fine wire across where he normally lands will keep
him off his perch...then he will head for the roof above your bedroom )

According to Greg :

you sure he is pecking at dish, check the surrounding wood, he is
probably attacking wood and dish is noisey because of vibration.

One year we had a red-headed woodpecker land on the roof edge and
peck at the side of the aluminum eavestroughing. Early in the morning
for several days.

Man was that loud, even though it was on the other side of the house.
Would wake the dead. In fact it did ;-)

Some of the time the bird is simply trying to make a loud noise
to attract a mate, rather than actively looking for food. Like
grouse "drumming" in the spring.

[Or the brain-damaged grouse that kept trying to attack us one
spring.]

We eventually managed to scare the woodpecker off. Or, maybe it
found a mate.

I hate to think of what a pileated woodpecker would sound like doing
that. More like an axe taken to a steel barrel.

Mind you, he'd destroy the eavestroughing pretty quick.
--
Chris Lewis,

Age and Treachery will Triumph over Youth and Skill
It's not just anyone who gets a Starship Cruiser class named after them.