As fascinating as a woodpecker can be to watch, when it is your house they have chosen as a target, it might not be so amusing. The reason why a woodpecker starts pecking on your wooden structure is that they are looking for insects that are boring through under the surface.
The holes left behind by a woodpecker allow for water and insects to enter the structure, and this can lead to further damage.Since Woodpeckers easily get into a habit of going to the same area to look for food, it is important to break this as soon as possible.
Of course, the easiest way to avoid being target by a woodpecker is to build your home out of materials other than wood, but this might not always be up to you.
One option is to put plastic netting over areas that woodpeckers have been damaging to keep them away.
Having wood painted instead of stained also discourages woodpeckers, but this measure is not 100% effective.
Killing the bugs that woodpeckers seek with pesticides will often cause them to look somewhere else for their food.
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