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Gardening

lunasun

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1. get the reflective twirling tape and large bird eye. . They will ruin your

Reply to patricia92243 (Original post)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 08:53 AM

Feb 2018

property if there is wood esp soft wood

neighbor put up a bird feeder and attracted wood peckers damaging everyone . the strips and eye worked . old cds on a string if you are short on cash as they are reflective
They are not easy to leave a place

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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