Re: Pileateds: Help!
aquilla2@Juno.com
Mon, 7 Dec 1998 22:46:24 -0800
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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