Woodpecker creating holes in house

[Hillcountry]

It’s not always about bugs because we used to have one that hammered away on our satellite dish every day. Quite the racket!
We’ve had them pecking on our log home too but on close inspection, no damage could be seen.
If you’re seeing actual holes they are most likely after some type of bug/larva-stage insect.

[Biggd]

Originally Posted by Hillcountry

It’s not always about bugs because we used to have one that hammered away on our satellite dish every day. Quite the racket!
We’ve had them pecking on our log home too but on close inspection, no damage could be seen.
If you’re seeing actual holes they are most likely after some type of bug/larva-stage insect.

I had one pecking at my aluminum gutter a few years ago back in Ma. That was quite a racket and always in the morning at sunrise.

[jeffk]

I have a metal roof and one decided to hammer away at it in the morning for a couple weeks. I didn't know what it was right away. It sounded like a humming electrical motor. I finally went outside and saw it. It flew away but was back the next day. He came back for another week or so, then stopped and never came back. Maybe he hurt his beak on the metal?

[extremenewenglander]

We have an abundance it seems of woodpeckers with their frequent visits. A lot of them. What works for us in keeping them off of the trimboards is ....... just feed them by putting a suet cake out for them in a suet cage that comes free in a box of ten for $10. No issues here only needing to replace the suet cake every few weeks. Oh.......keep it within your reach for easy reloading and bring it in at night since the racoons love them.

[loonguy]

Originally Posted by extremenewenglander

We have an abundance it seems of woodpeckers with their frequent visits. A lot of them. What works for us in keeping them off of the trimboards is ....... just feed them by putting a suet cake out for them in a suet cage that comes free in a box of ten for $10. No issues here only needing to replace the suet cake every few weeks. Oh.......keep it within your reach for easy reloading and bring it in at night since the racoons love them.

Won't bears be attracted to the suet?

[Hillcountry]

Originally Posted by loonguy

Won't bears be attracted to the suet?

Bears would be attracted to anything that is “edible” and to a bear, pretty much everything is edible.
Bringing the suet in at night would help but if a bear smells anything during the day, they will help themselves unless otherwise bothered by a dog, etc.
They are out there...one morning this summer we were going out fishing out of Weirs channel at 4:30 am and we ran into a bear at our marina...and even stranger, there was a woman jogging through the marina property at this early hour! We drove toward the bear to scare it back into the trees as the woman jogged over to us. I asked her if she saw the bear and she said “yes, it was kind of following me”
I said “ we drove toward the bear to scare it off”
She said “I know” thanked us and jogged away. Silly woman.