How To Keep Woodpeckers Away Without Hurting Them, Experts Say

How To Keep Woodpeckers Away Without Hurting Them, Experts Say

Here’s what to do if a woodpecker starts pecking on your house.Credit: Getty Images / Carlos CarrenoYou may hear the neighborhood woodpeckers at work when they’re dining on spiders, grubs, or insects such as ants in the nearest dead tree. But their loud hammering is impossible to miss if they start on your house.“Woodpeckers pecking on your house may be searching for food, just as they would do on a hollow tree,” says Michael Mengak, PhD., certi…