Woodpeckers are notorious for pecking – or drumming – away at trees in search of food, a mate, and when nesting. But when they turn their attention to pecking your home, it can be frustrating. Aside ...

Every season is woodpecker season in North Carolina, so it’s not uncommon to hear a bird or two rappin’ on nearby trees or the outside of your house. Though the birds do the most damage between ...

“Woodpecker” is an apt name for an animal that thrives on doing just that, pecking wood, usually within earshot of your bedroom or quiet space. On average, a woodpecker will peck around 12,000 times a ...

The problem started last November. We woke up to a muffled, steady tapping noise on our bedroom wall. It had that weird, rhythmic but irregular quality, one of those mysterious kinds of patterns where ...

Several readers say the way to keep woodpeckers from drumming into the house is to feed them. One from Minnesota wrote: “We live on a lot next to woods and had many fresh woodpecker holes in our cedar ...

DEAR JOAN: The part of the many trusses that stick out on my house have had some dry rot, and a woodpecker started plaguing the place, pecking at the beams. I just had them all repaired but the ...

If you've been hearing strange noises in your house lately — like a loud metallic hammering — it may be a certain creature exhibiting an unusual seasonal behavior. Now a story about a mysterious noise ...

It’s 5:30 a.m. and you’re suddenly woken up by the noise of a woodpecker pecking away on the side your house. What can you do? The options are limited and for the most part, all non-lethal. Shooting ...

Q: We bought a house in 2008 with a mansard roof with cedar shingles. We're having problems with woodpeckers pecking away at various spots. A few holes are quite large. We asked an exterminator, who ...

A red-bellied woodpecker feeds its young in the nest hole of a sweet gum tree in northeast Charlotte. JOHN D. SIMMONS [email protected] From hummingbirds to cardinals, bird feeders to ...