[birding] Re: Woodpecker "problems"?

[Phil Rempel]

My first introduction to Northern Flickers was as a child picking up  
their feathers after my dad would shoot them. No, I'm not suggesting  
this as a solution, just what one unenlightened individual did. I  
think it only occurred one or two years, but the flickers would make  
good sized holes in our house up by the peak of the roof. Not being  
very creative my dad took the .22 out to shoot them but they always  
took off the second he got anywhere near. My Mom says she could go  
out with the rifle and the flickers would just keep up their hole  
making having no fear of her. Dad got smart and laid in the attic  
aiming at the hole until the offending party showed up. I got to pick  
the pretty feathers up.

Phil Rempel
Albany, OR


On Apr 1, 2009, at 5:06 AM, Don Boucher wrote:

> 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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