This behavior known as drumming is a rhythmic pecking sequence.
How to stop a woodpecker from pecking my gutters.
Cover all holes as soon as possible.
Leaving at least ten dead trees per acre is advised to help woodpeckers with their natural habitat.
Woodpeckers tend to follow pests.
Placing some type of padding on the opposite side of the gutter from the drumming site can sometimes accomplish this.
Place aluminum flashing over the areas where the woodpecker is pecking.
2 weeks later i have 2 3 woodpeckers pecking on the metal gutters everyday.
While the woodpecker is damaging your siding it s not the woodpecker s fault.
They eat the bugs inside.
Quoting from an article on woodpeckers from penn state extension.
If the woodpecker favors a specific spot on your gutters you can also take measures to deaden the sound.
Woodpeckers excavate rotting wood to find food.
I know that my woodpeckers are constantly patrolling the woods nearby.
Feeding stations may keep woodpeckers away from gutters.
1 it is metal 2 it changes the sound and 3 woodpeckers don t like shiny objects.
Just make sure that the woodpecker is not living in your home.
Place a suet woodpecker feeder near the outside of your home.
If you have problems with those pests woodpeckers will keep coming back.
Woodpecker pecking on metal gutter 0 i recently hung a big bird feeder in my yard in front of my kitchen window.
The flashing will stop the pecking at that spot because.
Said there are two woodpecker species doing must of the rapping on the sides of houses and on aluminum gutters this time of.
Woodpeckers like to feed on suet which is made from the fat of a cow and is available for purchase at wild bird or pet stores.
In this way they are protecting the environment from onslaughts of unwanted insect infestations.
When looking at how to deter woodpeckers make sure you deal with other issues such as carpenter ants carpenter bees leaf cutter bees wasps and others that dig into your roof eaves siding fences and trees.
Although a woodpecker s ability to peck into trees when in search of food is well known many species drill into wood where no insects exist.
