Birds Nest In Wood Siding

Holes in cedar clapboards are usually drilled at the seam of two adjacent clapboards.

Birds nest in wood siding.

From a bird s perspective no matter how fancy and richly detailed it may be a birdhouse also called a nest or nesting box appears to be just an opening in a tree. Thirty or more bird species are known to nest in birdhouses. Woodpeckers have been known to peck away at siding and tear out the insulation to make a hole suitable for nesting. Normally a dead tree or snag would serve this bird s purpose very well.

Woodpeckers nest in trees or other wooden structures. Roosting and nesting holes though similar in size and shape are specific to the type of siding in terms of their location on the house. With all the urban development and loss of natural habitat woodpeckers take what they can get in order to survive. If you live next to a heavily wooded area you ll likely notice there are more birds there than where you previously lived.

Woodpeckers will peck holes in wood and stucco to attract mates find or store food or establish a territory. Every morning at 6am the bird starts pecking away. But birds are choosey and no single birdhouse appeals to them all. Another homeowner had woodpeckers pecking right through her wood siding and through the plywood underneath.

The wood on your house is no different to this bird than a tree would be so it is a potential nesting spot. In the last few months downy woodpeckers and squirrels have added some holes to the cedar siding of the building. If you can prune your landscape by removing trees to keep your yards more open. It just so happens that it is right near my bed and within 3 feet of my pillow.

Smaller birds have been known at times to nest in abandoned woodpecker holes. Woodpeckers are more drawn to redwood and cedar wood types than to composite wood or masonite. When people ask me what the best thing they can do to avoid birds pecking holes in cedar siding my answer is get aluminum siding. I have a handyman coming in a few weeks and would like to have him seal up the hole s but for humanitarian and practical reasons i would like to wait until the babies have left the nest.

Woodpeckers and other birds tend to go where they have some comfort and protection usually in the form of trees. For three years now a woodpecker has made holes in our wood siding and other birds sparrows or finches i think have built nests in our walls. The birds promptly tore the insulation out and built a nest between the wallboard and plywood. It sounds like the thing is going to peck through the plasterboard and one day i will come home to see it flying around.

Hello some birds haev been pecking holes into the siding of the house that i live in and living between the inner and outer wall of the house.