Our standard Cornell Lab of Ornithology information:
at
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/why-do-woodpeckers-like-to-hammer-on-houses-and-what-can-i-do-about-it/
It is important to be persistent and willing to try a few different methods!
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I am planning to drive to Conowingo Dam this Thursday morning, stay
overnight and return Friday afternoon.
I will stop at the dam on Thursday before going to hotel and again Friday
morning before returning home.
I will be staying at the Days Inn in Aberdeen
I have room for three people
If you are
We do not see any indication of insects around or inside the trim where the
Downies are digging lots of holes – some an inch wide and 2 inched deep. I
have put up perhaps a hundred 6” reflective strips – but more holes keep
appearing.
Chris Sperry and Karin Suskin
From:
Unfortunately that doesn't help much when they appear to be using the house for
drumming, not hunting for food.
Sandra
From: bounce-126996034-3493...@list.cornell.edu
On Behalf Of bob mcguire
Sent: Sunday, December 4, 2022 3:33 PM
To: Karin Suskin
Cc: diane morton ; CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject:
You could try a suet feeder (or multiples) out away from the house.
Bob
> On Dec 4, 2022, at 1:23 PM, Karin Suskin wrote:
>
> Any creative strategies besides Mylar strips for deterrence of woodpecker
> hole making? Our home and garage are looking awfully tinselly.
> Thank you,
> Karin
This morning I joined the Cayuga Bird Club field trip led by Diane Morton & Ken
Kemphues starting at Stewart Park. Consensus was not to go next to the SW
corner of the lake due sounds of gunfire and the ducks there being mainly
plastic. We headed next to East Shore Park, and I arrived first, by
Any creative strategies besides Mylar strips for deterrence of woodpecker
hole making? Our home and garage are looking awfully tinselly.
Thank you,
Karin Suskin
On Sun, Dec 4, 2022 at 1:18 PM Diane Morton wrote:
> This morning Ken Kemphues and Diane Morton led a Cayuga Bird Club field
> trip
This morning Ken Kemphues and Diane Morton led a Cayuga Bird Club field
trip at the south end of Cayuga Lake. The highlight of the morning was our
stop at East Shore Park. Ken Kemphues first spotted the female Harlequin
Duck with a small group of mallards. Everyone else in our group of 8 were
able
Dave Nutter has reported a female harlequin duck by the docks north of East
shore park An unusual bird to say the least for the Cayuga Lake basin.
Laura
Laura Stenzler
l...@cornell.edu
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