Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 13:44:31 -0400 Reply-To: sammarcy@erols.com Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Sam & Marcy Freiberg Subject: Re: Woodpecker question MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Sherry: My brother-in-law in Spotsylvania, VA had a similar problem at his house but worse in that it was boring a hole in the wood. He put up a fake wooden owl and that solved the problem.

Sam Freiberg
Chevy Chase, MD

Sherry Peruzzi wrote:

A downy woodpecker has discovered that a roof makes a nice, loud noise
when drummed upon, and since our peanut and suet feeders are so handy,
he's decided our roof is a convenient place to drum. At first we thought
it was cute that a downy was drumming on the house, but he sometimes
starts pretty early in the morning, and we're beginning to worry about
the roof, so it doesn't seem so cute any more.

Will a woodpecker drumming on asphalt shingles harm the roof? We just
replaced this roof less than a year ago, and we don't want to have to do
again for the next 24 years! And how do we discourage him from drumming
on our roof?

Thanks for whatever help you can give me.

Sherry

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