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From: throopw@rtp47.UUCP (Wayne Throop)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Woodpeckers (cautionary note... why are they pecking?)
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 15:44:19 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 15:44:19 1985
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>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
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