Actually, since the bird is getting some kind of sustenance from the shingles, I'd suspect you have bugs of some kind there...maybe you need an exterminator! you could try feeding him (peanuts, whatever) but I suspect that wouldn't deter him.......but trust me, he's finding something there or he would have quit after a few days. Maybe you have termites! Peggy > >Janbraeloch@xxxxxxx writes: >I hope someone out there can answer an off the wall question. My dogs have >been barking at knocking on my wall. I went outside to find that a red >headed >woodpecker is pounding through my cedar shingles!! > >I have thrown a rotten apple at him..his leaving was temporary. Now I have >sprayed the side of the house with soapy water. He was gone for 2 days and >now >is knocking again. > >I don't want to spray insecticide on the house as it may asphyxiate my dogs >and me. > >Does anyone have any suggestions?? >Help! > > > >Get a (hungry, outside) cat. It's illegal for you to kill a woodpecker >(they are protected). Those plastic owl-on-stick things with the freaky eyes >that you buy in garden centers don't work. Wind chimes don't work. > >And, boy will those nuisances do a number on your siding..... > >Kathy >member GSDCA, DVGSDC >three generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions live here! > >visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_ >(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/) > > >============================================================================ >POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original >author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind >are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the >Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > >ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY >MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS >PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY >FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE >PROSECUTED. > >For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > >VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues >============================================================================ > > > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================