WOODPECKERS
Rex E. Marsh
Specialist in Vertebrate Ecology (retired)
Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology
University of California
Davis, California 95616
Fig. 1. Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes
erythrocephalus (left); downy woodpecker,
Picoides pubescens (right).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Woodpeckers
Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Exclusion
Netting.
Metal barriers.
Frightening
Visual.
Sound.
Repellents
Olfactory.
Taste.
Tactile.
Toxicants
None are registered.
Trapping
Rat snap trap.
Shooting
Effective where shooting can be conducted
safely. Permits are required.
Other Methods
Suet as alternative food.
Nest boxes as alternative cavities.
Insecticides for indirect control.
Editors
Scott E. Hygnstrom;
Robert M. Timm;
Gary E. Larson
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE — 1994
Cooperative Extension Division Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska -Lincoln
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Damage Control
Great Plains Agricultural Council Wildlife Committee