I don't know about Tahoe, but at my house in Roane County I just put up with it. It's either that or shoot my Hairy Woodpeckers. My house is a 3-story A-frame sided in cedar so the carpenter bees just LOOOOOVE the trim pieces at each end of the peaked roof and beneath each rain gutter, all but one of which are much too high and scary for me to go after the bees (unless I want to rope up for vertical aid climbing). And everywhere a carpenter bee drills into the wood, the Hairies loudly and diligently rip out the little tunnels and eat the bees. After a few years of this routine, it looks like someone has thoroughly shot up the trim with a .50-caliber machine gun. (Fortunately, I live in a rural area where there are no covenants or complaining neighbors.) Since I have no intention of putting the Hairies at risk by trying to poison the carpenter bees, I'm just letting them both go at the trim for now. When they finally reduce it to "wood lace" that can no longer support even a single carpenter bee tunnel, I'll replace it perhaps with some kind of resin-impregnated wood that the bees won't like. If someone has a theory as to why the bees drill into the trim but not the rest of the siding, I'm all ears! Liz Singley Kingston, TN [Roane Co.] ------- Original Message ------- From : Robbie Hassler[mailto:drhass@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent : 7/24/2008 11:25:35 PM To : TN-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc : lvgraphics@xxxxxxxxxxx Subject : FW: [TN-Bird] woodpecker damage Pickett Co Byrdstown,TN I have a friend who has a vacation home in Lake Taho----the siding is of wooden shakes and the woodpeckers are pecking holes in it. She tacks metal patches over the hole, but the next time she visits she finds more holes. She is at a loss as to what to do. Has anyone else had this problem and if so, what did you do to prevent it ? Thanks, Robbie Hassler =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________ =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to SIGN YOUR MESSAGE with first and last name, CITY (TOWN) and state abbreviation. You are also required to list the COUNTY in which the birds you report were seen. The actual DATE OF OBSERVATION should appear in the first paragraph. _____________________________________________________________ To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx _____________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. ______________________________________________________________ TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------------ Assistant Moderator Andy Jones Cleveland, OH ------------------------------- Assistant Moderator Dave Worley Rosedale, VA __________________________________________________________ Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ARCHIVES TN-Bird Net Archives at //www.freelists.org/archives/tn-bird/ MAP RESOURCES Tenn.Counties Map at http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/states/tennessee3.gif Aerial photos to complement google maps http://local.live.com _____________________________________________________________