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   bill_1010 | Dec 22, 2002 02:44am | #1

   Not to sound rude by any means. But Breaktime is where you should post this question.  Over there its construction adn remodeling.  Here its more furntiture and cabinetry based.

   http://forums.taunton.com/tp-breaktime/

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   observer | Dec 22, 2002 08:19am | #2

   Replace the foam with something a little more durable. Woodpeckers like to drum, foam isn't up to the task. They will stop eventually once they find a better instrument, but until then, tell him to work with it and enjoy the presence of nature.

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   fdampier5 | Dec 23, 2002 02:18am | #3

   How I wish I could be cruel and suggest that is what you get for using feux anything.  I won't rather I suggest that you look for those great horned owl plastic replicas.

       Just about any bird is nervous around then and avoid them like crazy.  Around here we get them at marina's to keep seagulls away from our boats  (ever see what a boat looks like when seagulls poop all over it)?

      Please don't do as my neighbor did.  He was a late sleeper and the woodpeckers start early.  Out of frustration he shot and killed the woodpecker.  Turns out it was a piliated (sp?) woodpecker and they are protected.  He could have been charged with a felony.....

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   forestgirl | Dec 23, 2002 09:35am | #4

   They're probably liking the acoustics -- broadcasting, as it were.  As mentioned before, changing the material might help.  I have used the garden hose and a high pressure (relatively, not life-threatening) spray to discourage a pigeon from nesting in my horse barn years ago. 

   You could get creative and try to find a material even more appealing and set up a drum just for them to pound on (nearby).  That could be fun, if time-consuming, LOL.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl   ;-)

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   Splintie | Dec 23, 2002 10:05am | #5

   I've read that hanging AOL CD's in the surrounding trees will scare them off. ("You've got quail!")

   For my money, the rare Sons of the Pioneers tribute album sung by Liza Minnellli tops all other forms of aural warfare.