Hi Tweets:
We live north of the UW where Ravenna and Maple
Leaf intersect. For the past few years our
neighbors have been fending off Flickers that are
pecking at the second story of their house. They
tried mylar strips, an electronic distress call,
an inflatable scary thing the Audubon shop calls
terror-eyes, even constructed a Flicker box. All
to no avail. I post this in hopes the Tweeters
community has some ideas for them. Dianna and Larry are at: diamars at comcast.net

Their note----
"We?ve been particularly hard hit this spring by
persistent Flickers pecking on the SE corner of
our house ? 12 NEW holes! I?ve covered them with
galvanized plates as fast as the birds could
start them. Over the last several years you may
have been amused by our efforts to deter the
birds; this year we even built a special Flicker
bird-house ? to no avail. We?ve recently cut
down 2 straggly trees that may have been giving
the birds extra cover. This summer we?re
planning to stick our necks out and replace the
siding that has been pecked. We?re considering
cementitious siding on that quadrant of the wall
? maybe it will be too hard for the birds, or at
least not as tasty as pure cedar."

Thanks, and good birding!
Henry Noble