Posted: 4/24/2005 8:01:50 AM EDT
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Got a few woodpeckers that are driving me nuts. They're working at getting into my atic.... which is unaccecptable, so I'm doing what I can to prevent it. Where they are attacking my house is out front, so whatever I do, I have to be carefull not to get caught by the neighbor 2 houses down which is a bird fanatic -- he's the one feeding the birds in the area. I know technically it's not legal to kill them, I beleive they are the state bird? What are my other options... Too bad a woodpecker can't set off a tannerite charge.... would be fun to leave little marble sized charges for him to "run into." In the meantime, I've been covering the holes they've made with tinfoil stapled over the holes -- they arn't returning or attempting to go through that.... but it looks like shit. (used tinfoil because I heard once that they don't like things that reflect) |
The reason why killing is not an option, is because I don't want the neighbor to call the cops on me for killing a protected bird. I have an old daisy BBgun with a 3x scope that'll hold it's own -- just can't walk out front and shoot it. |
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birdbgone.com/birdgel.htm I like this one you should call these guys for some free samples of the gel |
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I'm very skepticle about that.... my dad tried a spray once that was supposed to make the woodpecker's go away at his house. Didn't work. Edit: WHAT THE FUCK.... I musta hit the fucking bird 4 times with BB's.... I don't have any pellets to hit them with.... but seriously a steel BB shot should do the trick -- granted this is from prolly 25 yards but still...... This fucking bird has been pecking every 15-30 min since 8am 
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go down to Jungle Toy in Tempe. Purchase an AEG airsoft gun. Uzi, MP5, M16, etc, doesnt matter. when i had pigeon problems, i had a few psycho neighbors that would flip out if they saw me killing birds. cool thing about airsoft is that it wont kill the bird, but it certainly seems to knock them outta the sky. it also really pisses them off when you catch them in a corner or cubbyhole somewhere in the roof and they cant go anywhere. just keep on hosing them, they get discouraged after a couple bursts. and on the bright side, youve got a cool toy to play with when youre all done. |
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"Got a few peckers that are driving me nuts" Come on Rob, are you trying to tell us something. Does Karen know about all this, because I think she has a right to know  .On a serious note, my dad said if you want to get rid of woodpeckers hang some AOL cds from your rafters in front of the wholes they're making. They don't like the reflection and that they perfer not to use AOL as their search engine. LOL.  .Best of luck with your pecker problem. I had a great time hangin out with you, Karen and the rest of the crew yesterday. Neanderthal's little girl. P.S. Hey where's that picture you took of my butt? |
he's in tucson man. I'm thinking that the only game in town for an AEG would be paintball headquarters on prince or the hobby shop at speedway and dodge, classic hobbies IIRC. whatever one it is its the one where I race my rc truck on their track sometimes. |
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I just went through this shit not to long ago..... Go to an "ACE" hardware store and ask for "Bird repellent gel" It comes in a squeeze tube like tooth paste. Put this on and around the areas where they are attacking and leave it there for several weeks so that every time they come back they will realize your house doesn't taste good anymore and go away. When they get this crap on them they don't like it at all. I left mine up for a month. Then I repaired the holes. In one of the larger holes I stuck a piece of sponge inside it ti fill it up then put the gel all around and in the hole. So when I went back to it, it was easy to clean the gunk out of the hole and fill back up with wood filler. After you repair it put a small amount of gel back on that area and just leave it there. Good luck! -John 
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HUMMMMMMM?  Girl you going to get in trouble talking like that on here.
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Thats a repeat answer here, so I tend to think it works. Now if only I could remember who in my real world said they were having Woodpecker problems too. 
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I had a similar problem about a month ago. I was all set to buy a pellet gun but then I discovered, as you did, that they're protected under the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. They would peck on the metal top of my chimney early in the morning, and it would echo through the whole house. I did some research and found out that one of the reasons they peck in the early morning and late afternoon is to attract mates. They peck on whatever they can find that makes a lot of noise (like my chimney top). So the little annoying f*#@#ers were pecking because they were horny. I was about to buy some of the bird repellent gel that someone else mentioned and the birds stopped coming around. Maybe they went over your house. Here's one of the sites I found: www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/natres/06516.html |
Dude, If you've got a shot, and noone can see you.... Well... Not that I would condone anything illegal, mind you, but... |
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It should kill them. Even if they don't die right away, they'll just fly off and die elsewhere. Unless you can't shoot very well. Seriously, BBs are pretty inaccurate. Pellets aren't much better. I always go for the neck area on the pigeons. I've always managed to hit the neck on a pigeon and that's aiming for a smaller area than it's big old fat rat body. LOL If you miss, or the BB/Pellet misses because they are inaccurate themselves, just make sure you're backstop is good. I've always had cheap pellet guns and they will do the job at a long distance. Just becareful not to get caught. The damn things are protected and any animal cruelty here is a felony. I used to shoot from inside the house to muffle the snapping sound. I don't do this sort of thing anymore though. It's illegal. |
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Woodpeckers, part of living out here in AZ. There are even some just plain old peckers driving around all the time. Put up a snap rat trap where they are working a hole in your house, bait it and see if the bastard get his neck broke. I've seen that work. About being a protected bird, I think there is some leeway in regards to being a nuicense (sp) and damaging property. Not sure, the bodies are always disposed of properly. If they are just beating the crap out of your swamp cooler, its a mating thing and will pass soon. Doesn't really help the early wake-up calls. One side note, they can find bugs in your house for you, and they might be going after insects that you don't realize exist in the area. |
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ARTHUR: Consult the Book of Armaments! BROTHER MAYNARD: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine to twenty-one. SECOND BROTHER: And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, 'O Lord, bless this Thy hand grenade that, with it, Thou mayest blow Thine enemies to tiny bits in Thy mercy.' And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carp and anchovies and orangutans and breakfast cereals and fruit bats and large chu-- MAYNARD: Skip a bit, Brother. SECOND BROTHER: And the Lord spake, saying, 'First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then, shalt thou count to three. No more. No less. Three shalt be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor either count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then, lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in My sight, shall snuff it.' |
WTF? 
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I'd also say check for bugs or spray the area with a general purpose household bug spray and see what happens. If they are drilling holes, I suspect they sense food. If they are beating the bejezus out of the gutters or cooling equipment, they are just trying to impress another bird with the size of their pecker.
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Bird either got shot by a neighbor or finally got a peice of ass.... and has left me alone the last 2 mornings .... knock on wood... 
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