These cakes are placed inside a woodpecker suet feeder where they can rest and chow down.
Keep woodpeckers off wooden siding.
This method works particularly well if they are attacking your cedar siding in search of insects set these up away from your house and the woodpeckers should leave you alone.
Keep large trees away from the house.
Besides the problem of the hole in your siding it can also attract other birds or even squirrels that will see it as the perfect place for a nest.
Feed them with woodpecker suet cakes.
Woodpeckers can be attracted to your home if you have wood siding or live in a log home.
Woodpecker suet cakes are one of these birds favorite foods.
Once the woodpeckers choose to settle on a wooden fence pole or house siding the homeowners will not only lose peace because of the noise but will also discover wide potholes the size of an apple to repair.
If you notice woodpeckers pecking and prying your wood siding or trim a call to the exterminator may be warranted as it may mean you have bees termites or other insect invaders to address.
Woodpeckers like most north american birds are protected by federal laws meaning that you cannot legally kill them as a pest control method.