Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 8, 2022 Something is eating the back of the mailbox and the beautiful sign. I am distressed. This is the sign. Looks like woodpecker to me. 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted January 8, 2022 This is the back of the mailbox. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman564™ Posted January 8, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 8, 2022 My uncle showed me pics of his shed that was eaten by them 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted January 8, 2022 This is a footprint near the mailbox. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted January 8, 2022 And of course plenty of these everywhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted January 8, 2022 I don’t think the mailbox is woodpeckers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petitepedal ★ Posted January 8, 2022 Share #7 Posted January 8, 2022 Squirrels... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longjohn ★ Posted January 8, 2022 Share #8 Posted January 8, 2022 One year we rented a log cabin at canoe creek state park. Some peckerhead was pecking on a log right over our bed. I went out and checked and he was about halfway through the log. I sprayed the hole down with insect repellant and he quit pecking on it while we were there. I told the park ranger about it when we were leaving. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge ★ Posted January 8, 2022 Share #9 Posted January 8, 2022 Squirrels. Set out a trail cam. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 8, 2022 Share #10 Posted January 8, 2022 All this just shows that you have exemplary taste, Aire! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted January 8, 2022 Just now, Randomguy said: All this just shows that you have exemplary taste, Aire! I am really upset about the sign. The mailbox not at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomguy Posted January 8, 2022 Share #12 Posted January 8, 2022 10 minutes ago, Airehead said: I am really upset about the sign. The mailbox not at all Can you fix the sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted January 8, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted January 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, Randomguy said: Can you fix the sign? In the spring the sign maker is going to try 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaddeus Kosciuszko Posted January 8, 2022 Share #14 Posted January 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Airehead said: Looks like woodpecker to me. My mother in law owned a home that had a metal chimney cap. A woodpecker developed the habit of drumming on the metal. BANGBANGBANGBANGBANGBANG! Early in the morning. As in 6am. I guess the thought it was a lot better at advertising his territory than any old tree. I had to make a cover out of 1/4" hardware cloth and rivet to the cap to keep him from getting to it. If it is a wood pecker, he might be attracted to the sign for the same reason - that it resonates a lot more loudly than a log or a tree. You may have to protect it in a similar way to keep the woodpecker away from it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralphie ★ Posted January 8, 2022 Share #15 Posted January 8, 2022 Darn wildlife! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MickinMD ★ Posted January 9, 2022 Share #16 Posted January 9, 2022 Do the woodpeckers detect worms, etc in wood before they peck or are they guessing and hoping because they haven't been able to find what the normally did out and eat? I haven't had any problems with woodpeckers, but my last house was loved by carpenter bees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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