Re: Pileateds: Help!
Bob Rineer (rrineer@welchlink.welch.jhu.edu)
Tue, 08 Dec 1998 07:57:58 -0800
Unfortunately stucco is troweled on, you could spray gunite!
Bob Rineer
aquilla2@Juno.com wrote:
>
> The only thing that I can recommend spraying to the side of the house
> that might be unattractive to Pileateds' is stucco!
>
> Michael Sankovich
>
> On Mon, 7 Dec 1998 18:20:19 EST Gyrfal@aol.com writes:
> >Just last Saturday I was telling a friend of the thrill of seeing my
> >first
> >Pileated way back in the late forties. Pileateds back then were
> >pretty rare
> >where now they are common.
> >
> >Today I did not have such fond feelings for that bird. Seems like
> >over the
> >last year or so my local birds have hammered out huge chunks from the
> >side of
> >my home in the woods (a couple of miles from Pennyfield and Hughs
> >Hollow). I
> >have heard and seen them occasionally, and chased them off, but had no
> >idea of
> >the extent of their damage, since they have concentrated on a side of
> >the
> >house I seldom view.
> >
> >Taking advantage of the mild weather, I climbed a ladder with a can of
> >plastic
> >wood and was alarmed to find huge gaps in the siding, to the
> >insulation in
> >places. In 1.5 hours I used up two 1 pound cans of the filler. And
> >the job
> >is probably less than half done; I just ran out of the plastic wood!
> >
> >Anyone out there have any ideas of something obnoxious to spray on the
> >side of
> >the house to keep them away? Or any other strategy...
> >
> >I am an avid bird lover, but this has gotten my aggressive juices
> >flowing!
> >
> >Bob Mumford
> >Darnestown
> >948 6813
> >
>
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