[va-richmond-general] Woodpeckers on house

  • From: "James Blowers" <jimvb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "'RAS Listserv'" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:06:34 -0400

We have a downy woodpecker that has been pecking at our house every day,
causing damage to the siding - making unsightly brown holes in the off-white
siding. He has always been pecking at the same part of the house. Why is the
woodpecker pecking at our house? Is it because of insects? Does he want to
make a little burrow for himself? Is he calling a mate? But I don't think
this is the time of the year for it.

 

What can I do, short of taking down all the bird feeders and removing all
the food, which would prevent us from seeing ANY birds?

 

Jim Blowers

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