Last week I heard a thumping sound on the side of my house. Ghosts? Damn neighbor kids playing ball? Nope…Woody the Woodpecker apparently had a hankering for the siding on my house! The above picture is just one of the areas where he has done some big time damage. My first thought was to get a pellet gun and have woodpecker stew for dinner…but good thing I called a professional exterminator, because WOODPECKERS are actually listed as an endangered species and are protected!…my house, not protected so much. I laughed out loud when the exterminator told me I would have to apply for a state and federal woodpecker trapping permit! They went on to explain that by law they could only trap a certain number of woodpeckers at a time near my property! HA! Meanwhile, one side of my house will slowly be eaten away by Woody Woodpecker. So what to do? According to this video below, I should install a fake, giant toy spider to “scare away” the woodpecker. ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!
(video source U-Spray Bugs Spray.com)
Thanks so much Woody Woodpecker~
(video source Frank Stein)
