Off Topic: Woodpecker update2....

All,

Had a wood[pecker problem near the roof edge of my house. I had thoughts of shooting the rascal, but turns out he is a protected bird.

So, I tied my cell phone to an extension pole to see what he was after. I did not see anything of interest to him. I did leave the stepladder there, and when he flew back, he was chirping angrily at me and the ladder. He flew off. I left the ladder there for about a week.

Since then, I hung a wind twirling plastic something from the gutter.

No more woodpecker! Either he is dead, or that piece of colored twirling plastic was enough to disrupt hhis pattern of pecking on my house.

D.
 
glad you got rid of the critter! i use old cd disks hanging from fishing line in my fruit trees to keep the birds away from the ripe fruit. seems the flash from the sun scares them.
 
Must be something to the flashing.

There is a shopping mall I drive by on my daily commute. When the sun is right, I see a random flashing coming from the roof line.

Looks like some 3 sided wind turbans with mirrors around them, must be a bird repellent.
 
glennster,

I had the idea from this place. There's an Aussie that had some bird that was eating things, or pooping on things, something. He gave me a website that has a roof mounted shiney that scares the birds.

I have a few unused CDs, some have music that I don't care for. Maybe that's a double bonus, get rid of some awful sounds, and birds to boot.

D>
 

Seagulls are our big problem and shiney things are what we use .
They contaminate our roof collected water supplies so it's important to keep them off . CD's work well but DVD's are better , they have more colour and a different difraction of light that the gulls seem to dislike even more .
 
We used to tie the little aluminum pie tins in the cherry trees to keep birds out. If I kept the birds out, picked and pitted the cherries there would be pie. My grandmother used real lard to make the crust. As a kid I was quite diligent.
 
I feel your pain!. But he is one of God's creatures and just trying to make a living! Sit back, have an adult beverage and watch. It will be good for your soul.

I got to go shoo the Carinal away, he sees his reflection in the window!

Bill
 

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