Woodpecker Problem –
#1
Woodpecker Problem –
Woodpecker Problem –
I am trying to determine if bugs on my wood siding is drawing woodpeckers. So, I have two questions.
1. I live in Indiana and am currently experiencing below freezing weather. A woodpecker hit my house. Can I assume, since bugs would not appear in freezing weather, that my siding would not have bugs or insects in or behind my siding that would draw woodpeckers?
2. Is there an additive to house paint that will inhibit the problem of woodpeckers? I seem to have them all year.
Jerry
I am trying to determine if bugs on my wood siding is drawing woodpeckers. So, I have two questions.
1. I live in Indiana and am currently experiencing below freezing weather. A woodpecker hit my house. Can I assume, since bugs would not appear in freezing weather, that my siding would not have bugs or insects in or behind my siding that would draw woodpeckers?
2. Is there an additive to house paint that will inhibit the problem of woodpeckers? I seem to have them all year.
Jerry
#2
Forum Topic Moderator
Woodpeckers are attracted by the noise made by insects, sometimes they can mistake the expansion/contraction of styrofoam for that noise.
I know of no pant additive that discourages woodpeckers.
I know of no pant additive that discourages woodpeckers.
#4
Thanks for your replies. I am assuming your responses infer that because of cold weather, insects would not be attracting the woodpeckers.
As for the styrofoam, would that be the insulation behind my siding?
As for the hanging discs, I agree that can be a deterrent. Last summer I attached some silver plated screening that could flap in the wind next to where the woodpeckers had attacked. That appeared to do some help. The area that is currently being attacked does not have that screening. I just did not expect it in the winter.
Jerry
As for the styrofoam, would that be the insulation behind my siding?
As for the hanging discs, I agree that can be a deterrent. Last summer I attached some silver plated screening that could flap in the wind next to where the woodpeckers had attacked. That appeared to do some help. The area that is currently being attacked does not have that screening. I just did not expect it in the winter.
Jerry
#6
Forum Topic Moderator
I am assuming your responses infer that because of cold weather, insects would not be attracting the woodpeckers
#7
Thanks for the added information. I contacted Sherwin Williams about a paint additive and although they did not have it, they referred me to a link noted below. The first link is their referral and the second link is another product offered by the same company.
Solve woodpecker problems with woodpecker repellent paint additive that humanely deters problem woodpeckers
woodpecker problems with...
If anyone would have an input on the effectiveness of these type of products, I would like to hear from you.
Thanks,
Jerry
Solve woodpecker problems with woodpecker repellent paint additive that humanely deters problem woodpeckers
woodpecker problems with...
If anyone would have an input on the effectiveness of these type of products, I would like to hear from you.
Thanks,
Jerry
Last edited by Jerry8A; 02-18-15 at 05:58 PM.
#9
Member
I sympathize with the woodpecker problem. Those buggers pecked neat little circles all the way through to my attic crawl space.
I plugged holes. I covered holes with sheet metal. I put up mirrors, CD's.
There are some hi-tech solutions out there; sound emitters, fake owls, etc… The only reasonably priced thing we found that seemed to deter them were the predator's eye. See:
Bird control balloon - scare birds away with predator eye balloon
Just be sure to attach it really firmly. We had one blow away during a wind/rain storm. Never did recover it.
I have the woodpeckers to thank for my long-running project of re-siding my house with Hardie fiber cement.
Good luck!
I plugged holes. I covered holes with sheet metal. I put up mirrors, CD's.
There are some hi-tech solutions out there; sound emitters, fake owls, etc… The only reasonably priced thing we found that seemed to deter them were the predator's eye. See:
Bird control balloon - scare birds away with predator eye balloon
Just be sure to attach it really firmly. We had one blow away during a wind/rain storm. Never did recover it.
I have the woodpeckers to thank for my long-running project of re-siding my house with Hardie fiber cement.
Good luck!