How do i get rid of a woodpecker? *Update*

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JohnnyMCE

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So a couple days ago i heard a knocking on my house and went outside to discover that a woodpecker has taken a liking to my house and chewed up some of the wood. So i shouted and it flew away. I got up on the ladder to figure out why it was there and apparently at one time there had been a bees nest behind the wood. I sprayed the old nest, wood and area with an ammonia solution. I didn't hear the woodpecker for two days. As of today the woodpecker is back again and testing new areas of the house looking for more old nests. The ammonia took care of the bees but how do I stop the woodpecker coming back and turning my house into swiss cheese. I called terminix and they said it was illegal to kill it all they could do was spray the bees so as to remove the food source. Any advice is appreciated.

*Update*
So two days ago i sprayed the old bee's nests down with an ammonia/water mix. Now for the past two days I have heard the woodpecker working on a neighbors tree but he has not pecked my house at all since i sprayed the old nests down.
 
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Newbian

Newbian

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Get a cat. :p

But once the food is gone it will stop eventually so unless you plan on shooting it with a bb gun and no one else is the wiser let it do it's thing and then replace the old wood that was infested.
 
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spidey07

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Honestly? Get one of these. Garden owl to the rescue!

http://www.amazon.com/Dalen-OW6-Gard...5091336&sr=8-2

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dank69

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I have heard that hanging rubber snakes on the outside of your house scares them away. Sounds strange but my neighbors swear by it =/
 
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spidey07

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dank69 said:
I have heard that hanging rubber snakes on the outside of your house scares them away. Sounds strange but my neighbors swear by it =/
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Rubber snakes and owls have been used for eons to keep birds away. That's how you keep birds from crapping on your boat, you put rubber snakes on it to keep them from landing.
 
sourceninja

sourceninja

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We had this problem with cedar siding. Our solution was to get special reflective foil tape. You hang it on the house for a month or so and it tricks the bird into thinking the house is on fire.

It worked like a charm.
 
Jeeebus

Jeeebus

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Are you sure it wasn't a raven gently tapping,

tapping at your chamber door?
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

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sourceninja said:
We had this problem with cedar siding. Our solution was to get special reflective foil tape. You hang it on the house for a month or so and it tricks the bird into thinking the house is on fire.

It worked like a charm.
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people use foil strips in their garden/farmland to keep birds away from strawberries and such. seems to work really well.

I'd go with this, or the fake owl/snake thing.

remember though, you have to move that owl, and probably those snakes regularly. If it remains in the same spot, the birds tend to wise-up quickly that it isn't real, and end up perching and shitting on the thing.
 
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spidey07

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zinfamous said:
people use foil strips in their garden/farmland to keep birds away from strawberries and such. seems to work really well.

I'd go with this, or the fake owl/snake thing.

remember though, you have to move that owl, and probably those snakes regularly. If it remains in the same spot, the birds tend to wise-up quickly that it isn't real, and end up perching and shitting on the thing.
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You can get ones with motorized heads that if they detect movement near by they're eyes glow red, they hoot and the head spins 360 degrees. I'm not even a bird and that would scare the shit outta me.
 
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JohnnyMCE

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So my options are:

1. Have the bird rubbed out by the mafia
2. Stick a plastic owl or rubber snake on my house (halloween is coming up)
3. Stick up tin foil on my house

Wow do I really hate that bird at the moment
 
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