Sarah, I don't know about woodpeckers, but I had to deal with a squirrel and rot issue by replacing all my exterior wood with Hardie board. One of the better moves I ever made.
I think the woodpeckers may choose house siding based on the color of the siding. My dark brown sided house was totally ignored by them, but my neighbor’s gray sided house had to be patched every year.
That's Hi-larious! Though I can sympathize. One of the apartments I lived at attracted a woodpecker one spring and it drove me nuts. The new house has vinyl siding, but one of the trees in the back apparently had a bad case of the peckers as there are holes all over the one side. I haven't seen it since we moved in, thankfully. I hate the pocking peckers.
We haven't heard woodpeckers since we cut down the paper birch out front. Actually surprised we don't have more problems with woodpeckers because of the stink bug problem we have on the south side of the house. Better now that the giant sequoias are down, but still a problem. Our house is a light tan (ish) wood siding.
Your recent post about woodpeckers jogged a memory. It was about a newspaper article I read a long time ago. 50+ years or so when I lived in New Jersey. A local firm was having the same problem. Their building was mostly wood and was being damaged by the critters. They brought in a bird expert who then brought in a sound guy. They found a piece of equipment that emitting vibrations that the bird guy said sound like insects the woodpeckers liked. After they worked on it to dampen the vibrations the birds left them alone. I don't know if this is your problem but I thought I would pass it on to you.
Other famous titles:
The Woodpecker Pecks Twice.
To Peck and Peck Not.
The Old Man and the Woodpecker.
On the Practical Application of Quantum Tunneling Effects in Transdimensional Melanerpes Formicivorus Range Management.
(I think that last one is a real one.)
That first picture "needs" a caption of "Go For The Eyes"!
Since that woodpecker's eyes seem so big. 👀👁
Ouch! And no, I haven't had to battle woodpeckers in years! Obviously, they ARE after you... ;-)
Sarah, I don't know about woodpeckers, but I had to deal with a squirrel and rot issue by replacing all my exterior wood with Hardie board. One of the better moves I ever made.
I think the woodpeckers may choose house siding based on the color of the siding. My dark brown sided house was totally ignored by them, but my neighbor’s gray sided house had to be patched every year.
I asked my Midji-clone to make an angry woodpecker.
It... gave me woodpeckers.
Make of this what you will.
That's Hi-larious! Though I can sympathize. One of the apartments I lived at attracted a woodpecker one spring and it drove me nuts. The new house has vinyl siding, but one of the trees in the back apparently had a bad case of the peckers as there are holes all over the one side. I haven't seen it since we moved in, thankfully. I hate the pocking peckers.
We haven't heard woodpeckers since we cut down the paper birch out front. Actually surprised we don't have more problems with woodpeckers because of the stink bug problem we have on the south side of the house. Better now that the giant sequoias are down, but still a problem. Our house is a light tan (ish) wood siding.
This conjures up, in my carnal mind, what we used to say about Democrats needing prosthetic johnsons.
But you might try mixing a variety of shiny, flashy, and noisy additions. Poison, pepper spray, and other similar things are probably against the law.
Your recent post about woodpeckers jogged a memory. It was about a newspaper article I read a long time ago. 50+ years or so when I lived in New Jersey. A local firm was having the same problem. Their building was mostly wood and was being damaged by the critters. They brought in a bird expert who then brought in a sound guy. They found a piece of equipment that emitting vibrations that the bird guy said sound like insects the woodpeckers liked. After they worked on it to dampen the vibrations the birds left them alone. I don't know if this is your problem but I thought I would pass it on to you.