I have had wood######s causing damage to my acrylic stucco wall for about four years now. Nothing works - I've tried everything. BirdX works until they move 10 feet to the side of it. Pinwheels, fake owls, noise, spraying with water. Nothing works.
Don't go for the pellet gun as killing them is illegal. They are a protected migratory bird species.
Good luck. What I've found works is the second you hear them, chuck or slingshot some gravel at them. It's non-lethal but eventually they get annoyed enough to not come back. PM me if you want more details.
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I have had wood######s causing damage to my acrylic stucco wall for about four years now. Nothing works - I've tried everything. BirdX works until they move 10 feet to the side of it. Pinwheels, fake owls, noise, spraying with water. Nothing works.
Don't go for the pellet gun as killing them is illegal. They are a protected migratory bird species.
Good luck. What I've found works is the second you hear them, chuck or slingshot some gravel at them. It's non-lethal but eventually they get annoyed enough to not come back. PM me if you want more details.
Same thing with me. You just have to keep scaring them away. Now I have chickadees pecking at my window battens!!
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I have nuthatches trying to open up the tiny pilot holes that stupid Downy woodpecker drills -- frustrating. It gets bad every spring when they are trying to nest.
Common around Calgary are Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers. Also, Flickers.
Flickers are currently tormenting my folks in north. The drilling on the telephone pole fine, but occasionally they'll hammer on the fireplace or furnace vents.
I tried putting out a suet feeder on their back fence to draw them away from the house, but it just attracted magpies. The flickers ignored it completely.
Flickers are currently tormenting my folks in north. The drilling on the telephone pole fine, but occasionally they'll hammer on the fireplace or furnace vents.
We've had "Woody" hammering on our furnace/fireplace vents for years. They come back every Spring and typically go away after a couple of months. We've thought of putting a spike mat on top of the vent but I'm thinking that might just mean they migrate to the siding. I'd rather have them denting in the top of the vent than burrow in my siding.
Apparently the condo complex by the Shag golf course is a popular haunt for them and the condo buildings have had a bunch of damage over the years.
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