Not exactly what you're looking for, but here is what worked for the problem described:

1.) I had a flicker bore through the siding and nest in the wall cavity of the house one Spring. After the babies fledged and left, on the advice of the USFWS, I made and hung a flicker-spec'd birdhouse nearby. Flickers moved into it and seemed to defend the area, keeping others away.

2.) I moved to a different place, and put up a flicker box on a pole near the house. I had to discourage starlings from using it at first, but once some flickers moved in they repeated the pattern of using the box, and not trying to bore holes in the house.

I really don't recall any drilling problems after either of these efforts, though I admit it's possible I was so captivated by Flicker Family doings that I forgot to care about the siding.



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Hi all. I?m looking for insight/experiences with using loud bird calls as a
deterrent for nuisance birds.
Here?s the situation: I?m in West Seattle. My neighbors? home has, in past
years, been seriously damaged by a male Northern flicker that drilled
through the eaves and yanked out huge wads of insulation.
Their response- guided by some pest control company- has been to mount
speakers on the front and back of their very tall home, and blast bird
calls nonstop, dawn to dusk. I don?t think they hear it in their house, but
it?s really obnoxious in my yard.
Merlin recognizes a couple of calls - sharp-shinned hawk, bald eagle - but
most of it is avian gibberish, including one screeching sequence that
sounds like a gull being dismembered.
Most of the backyard birds seem unaffected, but I haven?t seen a towhee
since the racket started early this spring.
What are folks? thoughts? Does this work? ( I haven?t seen a Northern
flicker recently, so maybe it does?) Does it negatively impact other
species?
Thanks for any insights you can offer.