[birding] Woodpecker "problems"?

[Jamie S.]

When I was working on the Northern Flicker species account for Birds of Oregon - A General Reference, a friend in the midwest sent me a photo of severe Flicker damage to a neighbor's house.  It's rather sobering!  See the first photo at: 
<http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=3573&id=1533961816&l=16dd72c739>
 
Jamie Simmons
Corvallis


--- On Wed, 4/1/09, Don Boucher <bouchdon at peak.org> wrote:


From: Don Boucher <bouchdon at peak.org>
Subject: [birding] Woodpecker "problems"?
To: "Mid Valley Birding" <list at midvalleybirding.org>
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009, 5:06 AM






This time of year I get complaints from friends, family and coworkers about woodpeckers on their property. As you may well know there a lot of misconceptions on the threat that woodpeckers actually pose to buildings. While it's true that woodpeckers are capable of damage, often the woodpecker is only making noise or the woodpecker is only making preexisting damage worse.

I posted this photo as an example of the only real kind of woodpecker activity that a homeowner should take corrective action to prevent.
http://www.neighborhood-naturalist.com/images/flicker_roof_damage.jpg
Don Boucher
Corvallis, OR
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