Hang the feeder well away from the ground so the suet doesn t get eaten by other creatures.
How to stop woodpeckers from pecking gutters.
They eat the bugs inside.
Woodpeckers excavate rotting wood to find food.
And you re suddenly woken up by the noise of a woodpecker pecking away on the side your house.
Place a suet woodpecker feeder near the outside of your home.
By pecking a woodpecker can pierce through the bark of a tree to retrieve their food source.
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.
Just make sure that the woodpecker is not living in your home.
Place aluminum flashing over the areas where the woodpecker is pecking.
Placing some type of padding on the opposite side of the gutter from the drumming site can sometimes accomplish this.
The options are limited and for the most part all non lethal.
Quoting from an article on woodpeckers from penn state extension.
Back in the pre cable sat tv days tv antenna towers used to be all the rage for woodpeckers looking for love where i lived.
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.
While the woodpecker is damaging your siding it s not the woodpecker s fault.
The flashing will stop the pecking at that spot because.
What can you do.
Woodpecker pecking on metal gutter 0 i recently hung a big bird feeder in my yard in front of my kitchen window.
If you have problems with those pests woodpeckers will keep coming back.
Feeding stations may keep woodpeckers away from gutters.
Woodpeckers like to feed on suet which is made from the fat of a cow and is available for purchase at wild bird or pet stores.
Cover all holes as soon as possible.
2 weeks later i have 2 3 woodpeckers pecking on the metal gutters everyday.
1 it is metal 2 it changes the sound and 3 woodpeckers don t like shiny objects.
Pecking is a natural behavior for this bird and their primary way of searching for food.
Why do woodpeckers peck.
To get an idea of why these feathered friends get their name we only have to look toward the most basic instinct of a woodpecker.
Woodpeckers use the sound of their pecking to attract mates.
If the woodpecker favors a specific spot on your gutters you can also take measures to deaden the sound.
The louder the sound the farther his range for attracting mates.
