Howard 538 Posted June 12, 2014 Get your head out of the gutter, the third word is bird! Caught this guy from my deck: Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
67gtonut 847 Posted June 12, 2014 As always....... amazing photos Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jag07 0 Posted June 12, 2014 Devil bastards! They peckered the crap out of my cedar siding. I'd scare them off with some airsoft pellets in their ass but we all know I'd be vilified/a felon/shot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeerSlayer 241 Posted June 12, 2014 Devil bastards! They peckered the crap out of my cedar siding. I'd scare them off with some airsoft pellets in their ass but we all know I'd be vilified/a felon/shot. They do the same thing to my cedar siding also, little bastards! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
T Bill 649 Posted June 12, 2014 If they are pecking at your cedar siding, I would be checking that area for some other type of infestation. See they like to dig into wood for bugs. They might be doing you a favor. I have never seen them peck at wood for nothing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeerSlayer 241 Posted June 12, 2014 If they are pecking at your cedar siding, I would be checking that area for some other type of infestation. See they like to dig into wood for bugs. They might be doing you a favor. I have never seen them peck at wood for nothing.I thought the same thing, had an exterminator come and check it out, and the rest of the house he found nothing bug wise. He also told me its rare for bugs to mess with cedar, most insects dislike it and it resists rot thats why its a good choice for siding. Personally I like the look, its different from every other vinyl house in my neighborhood. But the maintenance sucks, power washing and re staining it every 5 years gets old quick. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PK90 3,570 Posted June 12, 2014 Out golfing today. Saw this guy. Been seeing them a lot lately.ETA: Oh, 15 minutes earlier, I chased Wild E. 100 yards down the cart path. I have a video, but it is 25MB. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted June 12, 2014 What type of bird is that? There has been one sitting by my front door several times this week and it make a very weird squaking sound. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PK90 3,570 Posted June 12, 2014 What type of bird is that? There has been one sitting by my front door several times this week and it make a very weird squaking sound. Roadrunner Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
siderman 1,137 Posted June 12, 2014 you guys ever get the lame brain pecker that whacks away at your aluminum gutters at 5 in the morning? Full auto...... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted June 12, 2014 Yup. That is what I was saying above! Sucks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PK90 3,570 Posted June 12, 2014 I had woodpeckers twice per year trying to get at the carpenter bees. I did live in a log cabin. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSD1026 48 Posted June 12, 2014 we have at least 3 different kinds of woodpeckers hanging out by our feeders all the time.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mipafox 438 Posted June 12, 2014 I had a giant pileated woodpecker fly in and start pecking on one of my stumps. It was the size of a large red tailed hawk and was pecking off pieces of stump the size of a french bread. I've never seen anything like it and had to look it up. Looked like a baby pterodactyl in prison stripes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RecessedFilter 222 Posted June 12, 2014 Damn Howard, you're always taking some great pictures! Every year the same red-headed woodpecker pecks the crap out of the cedar trim on one of our bay windows. I tried a few things, then thought if I make a habanero pepper liquid mix in a spray bottle and spray where he is pecking, he will never EVER want to peck at that again. Surprisingly, he didn't seem too bothered by it. I ended up having to go another route this year. Our cedar trim hasn't been bothered with ever since. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fishnut 2,358 Posted June 12, 2014 Birds love hot peppers. Its even mixed into some parrot feeds. Check out bird be gone deterrents they work well. I used one on someone's house where a pileated wood pecker made a hole in the wood siding and made it onto the wall. Bird of prey decoys can also work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhunted 887 Posted June 12, 2014 Get your head out of the gutter, the third word is bird! Caught this guy from my deck: Can't get my head out of the gutter because the last word still fits. And 'it' lets me know every morning. Very nice Howard. We have a couple of them by us. 8 out of 10 times they find wood. But this one little guy doesn't get that he cannot peck it's way through aluminum facias. What a racket he makes before he flies away with a bent beak. Lol.. Sent from my iPad 2 using T2 Pro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Silence Dogood 468 Posted June 12, 2014 That's a Downy or Hairy Woodpecker (I can't tell them apart, but if I had to commit, I'd say a male Hairy). If they are bothering your siding, put up suet feeders on the trees and keep them busy - they should leave your house alone. We have Pileated Woodpeckers quite frequently - they look like Woody Woodpecker, are close to 24" tall and are very loud. They're fond of Sassafras trees and usually kill them by excavating nearly rectangular holes about 3" wide and 5" tall right through the tree. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bhunted 887 Posted June 13, 2014 Not my house, the guy over 2 behind me. Funny as hell. He looks like a lil professor trying to fig out the prob by tilting his head side to side. Lol Sent from my iPhone using TT 2 Pro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AverageJoe 95 Posted June 13, 2014 you guys ever get the lame brain pecker that whacks away at your aluminum gutters at 5 in the morning? Full auto...... Holy shit YES! 5:30am on the gutter every morning...and always the side near the master bedroom...lmao @ "full auto"...so true. Looks to be very common occurrence: http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/woodpeckers.html Flickers that have been crowded out of their wooded territories will readily use alternative structures for drumming, seeking food, or excavating a cavity. So the flicker that awakens you in the spring, drumming loudly on a gutter or metal flashing, is making good use of the habitat you are providing. For this reason, don’t remove dead or decaying trees in the hope of driving flickers away. That makes it more likely they may investigate your house for food or a nest site. https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070616083458AAiwQC7 http://www.woodpecker-control.com/rain-gutters/woodpecker-pecking-on-metal-gutter.html LMAO F this bird lol Some interesting reading...lot of talks regarding rubber spiders in the main area to keep them away, weird lol. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greydaddy 2 Posted June 13, 2014 you guys ever get the lame brain pecker that whacks away at your aluminum gutters at 5 in the morning? Full auto...... Yes, right above the bedroom window. Other times of the day too, at other spots on the gutter, mostly by the bird feeder outside the dining room window. Woodpeckers are suppose to eat BUGS, right? I get them on the feeder all the time. They chase the other birds away. My gutterpecker is the Red Bellied Woodpecker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Newtonian 453 Posted June 13, 2014 I thought the next two words would be Weinberg and Sweeney. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites