Woodpecker Problems
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- December
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Here’s email from Alexis:
“I have a house from the 1840’s with pillars in the front. As of late, a woodpecker has been drilling holes in them. Do you have any ideas as to how we might deter him? I’m worried about my house!”
I forwarded it to Helle Raheem of the Bedford Audubon Society, who forwarded it to a few of her experts.
Here’s email from John Askildsen of Millbrook, has been with Bedford Audubon for over 25 years and is a nationally recognized authority on birds, Helle says.
John’s advice:
“Basically, if the woodpecker is working away at the wooden pillars, it means there is insect life in the wood, or it is rotting, etc. They should have it checked out by a carpenter.”
I’ve also heard that male woodpeckers do this sort of noisy pecking to simply mark their territory and will stop on their own in a few weeks.
Any other thoughts out there?
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on Monday, December 1st, 2008 at 11:47 am by Bill Cary.
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Bill Cary grew up in Louisville, Ky. His gardening was limited to growing parsley and impatiens on the windowsill of Manhattan walkups until the mid-1990s when he bought a rundown old chicken farm on 8 acres in the Hudson Valley. Now he spends his weekends chasing deer, hacking away at invasive shrubs and vines and wondering why he doesn`t have more meadow and less lawn.
