Arrrrgh. I have a flicker working on the siding of my house and it's driving me nuts.

[Laffy Kat]

Any ideas? Do those fake owls work?

[Blues Heron]

1. get a telephoto lens and start taking pictures - it'll leave

At least that's been my experience w/ flickers

[Laffy Kat]

2. I'd rather purchase a fake owl!

I Googled it and it said that flickers are after insects in your wood. This is almost a new house and it's siding so I can't believe there would be anything there. Sounds like a jackhammer. How do they do that???

[chelsea0011]

3. I have never had any luck with fake owls getting woodpeckers to stop

eating holes in my house. But, I have had luck with tin foil. I put it into any holes that they have created big enough to warrant it, and also, I have hung strips. It has had some success.

[Laffy Kat]

4. Ok. Sigh. I'll have to hire that out.

It's way up high.

[Blues Heron]

6. seriously, get the camera

You'll never him again!

[cos dem]

9. Yup, they can be a pain

I understand it can be a territorial thing. It may not be after food. I had one that caused extensive damage over several years (yes it may come back year after year).

Sadly I don't have any real advice. I could never find anything that worked. Foil, reflective tape, screen, hot sauce. None of it worked.

Beautiful bird, until they pick your house to consume.

[unblock]

11. we've had good luck with several foot lengths of foil dangling out a high window.

that is to say, several pieces of foil, each several feet in length.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. A Flicker on siding..must echo - how about our AZ woodpeckers

on our satellite dish on the roof...ddddddddddddddddddddddddtttttttttttttt - they like the palm trees too..

[El Supremo]

7. It's the mating season.

He's trying to attract a mate. I believe they mate for life.

My flickers like to pound my metal furnace vent. It echos through the whole house.

Try pounding on the walls or go outside and yell at it.

[Tikki]

8. I saw on one of the home improvement shows...The owners of a log cabin installed....

a giant (about the size of two fists) mechanical spider that would drop down
(maybe from the rafters) and scare off the woodpeckers.

I don't know how that would work if the bird is on the other side of the house
but it does drop down with a motion sensor and maybe a sound sensor.

They said it works...who knows.

Good Luck...

Tikki

[Donkees]

10. You might try hanging balloons from your windows with different lengths of twine...

...the dangling motion in any breeze might deter the birds from choosing your home.

[Louis1895]

12. Try one of these balloons - might work!

[Laffy Kat]

15. Woody! Mine sounds like he's about that size. LOL. nt

[Laffy Kat]

14. Good idea. nt

[sl8]

13. He's trying to impress the ladies.

Apparently, you're immune to his charms.

[Laffy Kat]

16. I DO think they are beautiful birds. Just don't want to marry one.

Love all birds and could watch flickers forever. They seem a little less skittish than other fowl. I admire them.