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Gardening

patricia92243

(12,876 posts) Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:45 AM Feb 2018

I just started feeding my backyard birds (about 5 days ago,) I am attracting woodpeckers and [View all]

they are pecking on my roof and have stripped a shocking amount of bark from a tree in just that short time.

It is so bad that I have removed the feeder. A poor little hungry Cardinal came looking for it, but if something can't be done about the woodpeckers then the other birds cannot be fed.

I have Googled and there are woodpecker repellents, but they will scare off all birds and I just want to be rid of the woodpeckers.

Any suggestions, please!

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I just started feeding my backyard birds (about 5 days ago,) I am attracting woodpeckers and [View all] patricia92243 Feb 2018 OP

get the reflective twirling tape and large bird eye. . They will ruin your lunasun Feb 2018 #1

I'll try that. The only problem is the trees are these tall pines that don't have any easy to get patricia92243 Feb 2018 #6

Sorry bird eye lunasun Feb 2018 #7

Since posting this, I've been to Walmart and Lowe's -all the stores in my small town. They patricia92243 Feb 2018 #8

Not true. Woodpeckers only peck on rotten wood. They might peck on healthy wood just to make a sound Nitram Feb 2018 #10

We end up feeding our backyard bears Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #2

Get a suet feeder and, obviously, some suet. That will keep them busy... DonViejo Feb 2018 #3

Put up a suet feeder or two. They LOVE that! CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #4

Were content now with just a hummingbird feeder unblock Feb 2018 #5

If a woodpecker stripped bark off a tree, it means the tree is rotting inside and the woodpecker is Nitram Feb 2018 #9