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Moonie wrote:You do tred on thin ice, don't you, live2ski...

no...not disease..bugs, insects..that's all the woodpecker is after..

What is wrong with clarification? I was merely asking if you think Mal is infected with some Siding thriving Bug......

buffettbride wrote:

It's almost mating season, I'm assuming the pecker is trying to find a lady-bird to spend some time with in my attic.

No..they definately won't nest in your attic...

live2ski wrote:

Moonie wrote:You do tred on thin ice, don't you, live2ski...

no...not disease..bugs, insects..that's all the woodpecker is after..

What is wrong with clarification? I was merely asking if you think Mal is infected with some Siding thriving Bug......

I ain't got no bugs.

Moonie wrote:

buffettbride wrote:

It's almost mating season, I'm assuming the pecker is trying to find a lady-bird to spend some time with in my attic.

No..they definately won't nest in your attic...

Well, I hope he finds himself sum soon, 'cause I like to sleep in on the weekends!!!

I have nooooooooo idea what kind it is. I'll try and find out but he's usually doing his "pecking" when we're at work.

Moonie wrote: I've had carpenter ants and wood bees do much more damage to my home than any woodpecker has ever done...and the trim on my house was all cedar...

Ick, carpenter bees. Now there's one type of bug I was not sad to see the exterminator rid my back steps of. They had created a nice nest in our banister, and decided to all come say hi to me one hot sticky day while I was on the stairs.

A hospital stay later (highly allergic to bee stings and if that wasn't good enough, I fell down the stairs while I was flailing my arms. Fortunately, the dog had enough sense to run into the house whining.

Fortunately, they had only infested the banister and not the steps themselves, so it wasn't nearly as expensive to fix.

Moonie wrote:they really crunch when you step on them...

long long time ago I had to pay $80 to get rid of them...they do a lot of damage to your home..

I actually had no idea of that up until then. Fortunately, we have a running contract with Ehrlich where they come every three months and spray the house and respond to emergency calls in between. The only thing that doesn't cover is termite damage and ridding, but they test for it. They were there within two hours after my husband called and sprayed the whole outside of the house and treated the banister. Even came back the next day to verify that what they had used had done the job.

Well worth my 30$ a month with my allergies to stings.

Tiki Bar wrote:

buffettbear wrote:...hang strips of foil, fabric or commercially available bird netting from the eaves to deter the birds. Other scare tactics include placing hawk or owl cutouts on the house, hanging balloons in the area, a child's pinwheel, flash tape, strings of shiny, noisy tin can lids, wind chimes and/or pulsating water sprinklers.

I recommend you do all of these at the same time... and see what the neighbors think!

Biggest laugh of the day!!! Thanks, Tiki Bar!


We had a regular old bird attacking its reflection in my mom's bedroom window. We taped the pictures from dog food and cat food bags, a dog greeting card... Finally duct-taped a stuffed cat up there and it quit! It does look quite silly, good thing we don't have any neighbors on that side of the house...