Woodpecker pecking at my steel roof.

Number1

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This has me concerned. The last thing I need is a hole in my roof. Short of shooting the thing, is there anything that can be done to repel the little ah heck?

Or am I worrying for nothing?
 

sourceninja

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get some holographic tape. hang it up for a week or two. The bird will think your house is on fire and leave.

This worked for me when I had cedar siding and attracted a woodpecker.
 

lxskllr

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It'll stop soon enough. It's trying to impress the ladies, and it'll be done once mating season's over.
 

PliotronX

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get some holographic tape. hang it up for a week or two. The bird will think your house is on fire and leave.

This worked for me when I had cedar siding and attracted a woodpecker.
Similar situation with a random bird, not even a pecker, on a window that could see its reflection! We also had a paper plate hanging in a nearby tree with large owl-esque eyes so we're not sure which did it, but concealing the part of the window with reflective tape was a factor as well.
It'll stop soon enough. It's trying to impress the ladies, and it'll be done once mating season's over.
Exactly!

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I was speaking to my neighbors about something similar. They had a pecker start hitting their aluminum drain pipe and it rattled through the whole house. They put a owl statue near the pecking area and it immediately stopped.
 

DrPizza

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It'll stop soon enough. It's trying to impress the ladies, and it'll be done once mating season's over.

Darwin... Think about it. If females choose mates for ability to peck steel roofs, and given the speed with which birds evolve in response to their surroundings, this can only mean doom for the human race in about 100 years. 100 years from now, they'll be pecking their way through our concrete and steel structures, toppling cities, to get to the cockroaches inside.
 

Number1

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It'll stop soon enough. It's trying to impress the ladies, and it'll be done once mating season's over.

That's what my neighbor said.

I guess we're not the only specie who does stupid thing when we're horny.
 

WHAMPOM

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This has me concerned. The last thing I need is a hole in my roof. Short of shooting the thing, is there anything that can be done to repel the little ah heck?

Or am I worrying for nothing?

That time of year. Got one hammering at the top of our power pole, between the taut power line and the anchor cable, the acoustics really amp up the noise.
 

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I had one of the little bastards pecking my furnace pipe so I invested in a bunch of feral cats and that was the end of the pecker. But as luck would have it feral cats are a whole different problem. So I got a pack of rabid dogs that took care of the cats. So....whats the best way to get rid of rabid dogs?
 

lxskllr

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On a side note, it kind of sucks having a mating season. If you don't make enough, or the right kind of noise, or if your feathers aren't looking their best, that's it til next year. That's like May being bar month. You brush your hair, put on your good jeans, and your best concert Tshirt, and hit the bar every day. If you don't score during bar month, you have to wait, and try again next year :^D