Place aluminum flashing over the areas where the woodpecker is pecking.
How to stop a woodpecker from pecking my gutters.
They eat the bugs inside.
If the woodpecker favors a specific spot on your gutters you can also take measures to deaden the sound.
Woodpecker pecking down my house one peck at a time.
Leaving at least ten dead trees per acre is advised to help woodpeckers with their natural habitat.
Cover all holes as soon as possible.
Quoting from an article on woodpeckers from penn state extension.
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.
If a woodpecker is slowly moving around your roof or siding and pecking in different locations over time then it is possible that the woodpecker is eating bugs from your siding.
Said there are two woodpecker species doing must of the rapping on the sides of houses and on aluminum gutters this time of.
1 it is metal 2 it changes the sound and 3 woodpeckers don t like shiny objects.
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.
2 weeks later i have 2 3 woodpeckers pecking on the metal gutters everyday.
Hang the feeder well away from the ground so the suet doesn t get eaten by other creatures.
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.
The flashing will stop the pecking at that spot because.
In this way they are protecting the environment from onslaughts of unwanted insect infestations.
This behavior known as drumming is a rhythmic pecking sequence.
Placing some type of padding on the opposite side of the gutter from the drumming site can sometimes accomplish this.
If you have problems with those pests woodpeckers will keep coming back.
Woodpeckers excavate rotting wood to find food.
Just make sure that the woodpecker is not living in your home.
I know that my woodpeckers are constantly patrolling the woods nearby.
Place a suet woodpecker feeder near the outside of your home.
While the woodpecker is damaging your siding it s not the woodpecker s fault.
