[DecentAmerican]

On that note...

woodpeckers, agreed amazing creatures, but these varmints are literally destroying my house! Every spring, one or two find a spot under the eaves of my roof and start hammering away, making huge holes that i have to patch up. Any suggestions by anyone on how to get rid or prevent them? I just can’t put shiny hanging objects all over the place, which is the only thing I have been able to do.

[martin_fierro]

Any suggestions by anyone on how to get rid or prevent them?

Easy. Tinfoil house.

[OneWingedShark]

Some sort of bird-eating cat?

[DuncanWaring]

Air rifle?

[dblup]

My Marlin .22 Mag puts a hole in ‘em even a woodpecker would admire.

[LibWhacker]

Lots of suggestions here: http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=gsnesc&xhr=t&q=how+to+get+rid+of+woodpeckers&cp=21&pf=p&sclient=psy&aq=0&aqi=&aql=f&oq=how+to+get+rid+of+wood&pbx=1&fp=6ff3edaf3d921b6b

A few years ago we were getting a lot of woodpeckers attacking our house. But I couldn't figure out where exactly they were pecking. I couldn't see any damage. And everytime I heard them and went outside to check it out, they'd fly away. Then, just by chance, our shake roof happened to need replacing and we choose composite shingles. Haven't had a woodpecker here since, and that was five years ago.