Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rtp47.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!throopw From: throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop) Newsgroups: net.consumers Subject: Re: Woodpeckers (cautionary note... why are they pecking?) Message-ID: <232@rtp47.UUCP> Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 15:44:19 EST Article-I.D.: rtp47.232 Posted: Mon Oct 28 15:44:19 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 30-Oct-85 05:42:09 EST References: <159@octopus.UUCP> Organization: Data General, RTP, NC Lines: 15 >Does anyone know of a good way to keep woodpeckers away from the >eaves and trim of a house? My apologies if anybody has mentioned this before, but most of the replies seem to be dealing with how to shoo the birds away. I'd like to note that woodpeckers are normally insect-eating birds, and thus the attack of woodpeckers on a house is a warning that the wood of the house is harboring some insect pests. Eliminate the insects, and the woodpeckers will lose interest. I also note that it might be dangerous to ignore the warning of the hungry birds... many of the insects that may infest a house can do significant damage, a-la termites. -- Wayne Throop at Data General, RTP, NC!mcnc!rti-sel!rtp47!throopw