Originally Posted By: RAH

I agree that the way to get rid of the woodpecker is to eliminate the wood eating insects (which are likely to do more damage than the bird). Its like killing the grubs in your lawn which eliminates mole problems.


I'm not sure you can really "eliminate" them. No matter what you do there are always some new ones the following spring.

If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.