Arizona Birds and other critter characters

[R_Cowgirl]

stumbled onto a solution thanks to some of your advice. After I watched a woodpecker poke a hole in a neighbor's outside wall this morning, I realized how bad this could get. I went online and found several photos of Great Horned Owl faces. Printed them out large and hung them in strategic places. I would suspect the eyes are what the other birds read (since some butterflies protect themselves with that design on their wings.) Sat and watched Mr. Woodpecker fly up to the h-bird feeder. He was startled by the picture and left. H-birds don't seem to mind. Maybe they're smarter. We'll shall see how long this lasts... LOL

[KarmaPhx]

Woodpeckers can make nasty holes in stucco walls. Good thing you stopped it!

[nursej007]

Woodpeckers are extremely destructive.
Here's another solution to protect your home:

Woodpecker Deterrent - Birds-Away Attack Spider® (http://www.birds-away.com/index.html - broken link)

[Gretchen B]

First off - very nice pix, Andrejoan!

Re bees on H-bird feeders - I've heard that putting vaseline on the feeder spouts is supposed to work.

Re H-birds - yes, they're territorial, too. The ones we have don't like to share and chase each other away from the feeder.

Re woodpeckers - they can be destructive, buy I hope you don't shoot them. Maybe they're thirsty, and that's why they head for the H-bird feeder? Maybe if you put some water in a bird bath, they'd go for that instead? I wouldn't put a pan of water on the ground, though, because that will attract a lot of other critters.

Re fake owls - my old hometown had a problem with pigeons sitting on the downtown buildings and p--ping on the people as they walked by, so the city paid some consultant big bucks to come up with a plan to get rid of the pigeons. He said they should put a couple of fake owls on the top of the buildings. . . . . . . . . . It sure looked funny seeing all the pigeons roosting on the fake owls. http://bestsmileys.com/lol/1.gif (broken link)