Attracting Woodpeckers To Your Property
When managing space for Woodpeckers,
flickers around your property, the most important thing to do is to protect undisturbed
wooded areas, particularly those that contain dead or dying trees. While larger
trees may be more suitable housing, small trees rot faster and quickly attract
insects that flickers eat.
Provided they don’t pose a hazard of falling on people, pets, or houses, leave any such trees for “woodpecker watching” whenever you can.
Other things you can do include:
Provided they don’t pose a hazard of falling on people, pets, or houses, leave any such trees for “woodpecker watching” whenever you can.
Other things you can do include:
- Install a suet feeder in winter. Suet can be obtained neatly packaged from stores that cater to the bird-feeding public, and at farm supply centers and hardware stores.
- Install a nest box that is specially designed for flickers.
- Avoid using pesticides, especially insecticides.
- Leave ant colonies for flickers to find and harvest. (An Oregon biologist found over 2,000 ants in the stomachs of flickers.)
This information was provided by the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
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