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lunasun

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7. Sorry bird eye

Reply to patricia92243 (Reply #6)

Sat Feb 10, 2018, 11:04 AM

Feb 2018

I never used this company to buy but here is the explanation
https://www.birdbgone.com/bird-b-gone-scare-balloon.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz_Lgus2b2QIVS7nACh2WPAioEAQYAyABEgLR2vD_BwE

Also you can but 200 ft of tape on line pretty cheap , tie something heavy with the tape throw it over the high limb then tie down both ends to around the trunk
It's pretty strong tape
Yes our yard looked like shit for awhile but better than destroying our house & after a while we able to just keep up a few ribbons and the eye which was enough
Oh and they will be back
keep the stuff for next year
Never bothered the squirrels still sitting up in trees nesting etc.
from that site
https://www.birdbgone.com/pest-bird-profiles/woodpeckers.html

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I just started feeding my backyard birds (about 5 days ago,) I am attracting woodpeckers and [View all] patricia92243 Feb 2018 OP

get the reflective twirling tape and large bird eye. . They will ruin your lunasun Feb 2018 #1

I'll try that. The only problem is the trees are these tall pines that don't have any easy to get patricia92243 Feb 2018 #6

Sorry bird eye lunasun Feb 2018 #7

Since posting this, I've been to Walmart and Lowe's -all the stores in my small town. They patricia92243 Feb 2018 #8

Not true. Woodpeckers only peck on rotten wood. They might peck on healthy wood just to make a sound Nitram Feb 2018 #10

We end up feeding our backyard bears Voltaire2 Feb 2018 #2

Get a suet feeder and, obviously, some suet. That will keep them busy... DonViejo Feb 2018 #3

Put up a suet feeder or two. They LOVE that! CurtEastPoint Feb 2018 #4

Were content now with just a hummingbird feeder unblock Feb 2018 #5

If a woodpecker stripped bark off a tree, it means the tree is rotting inside and the woodpecker is Nitram Feb 2018 #9