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.
How to stop a woodpecker from pecking my gutters.
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.
I know that my woodpeckers are constantly patrolling the woods nearby.
Hang the feeder well away from the ground so the suet doesn t get eaten by other creatures.
If you have problems with those pests woodpeckers will keep coming back.
1 it is metal 2 it changes the sound and 3 woodpeckers don t like shiny objects.
In this way they are protecting the environment from onslaughts of unwanted insect infestations.
They eat the bugs inside.
Place aluminum flashing over the areas where the woodpecker is pecking.
2 weeks later i have 2 3 woodpeckers pecking on the metal gutters everyday.
Feeding stations may keep woodpeckers away from gutters.
Leaving at least ten dead trees per acre is advised to help woodpeckers with their natural habitat.
Woodpeckers tend to follow pests.
Woodpecker pecking on metal gutter 0 i recently hung a big bird feeder in my yard in front of my kitchen window.
Place a suet woodpecker feeder near the outside of your home.
Woodpeckers excavate rotting wood to find food.
This behavior known as drumming is a rhythmic pecking sequence.
Cover all holes as soon as possible.
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.
The flashing will stop the pecking at that spot because.
If the woodpecker favors a specific spot on your gutters you can also take measures to deaden the sound.
Quoting from an article on woodpeckers from penn state extension.
Said there are two woodpecker species doing must of the rapping on the sides of houses and on aluminum gutters this time of.
Just make sure that the woodpecker is not living in your home.
While the woodpecker is damaging your siding it s not the woodpecker s fault.