Woodpecker Drumming On My Roof

There are two other reasons why woodpeckers could be banging on your house and both of these reasons are cause for concern.

Woodpecker drumming on my roof.

That annoying peck peck peck called drumming on your roof or siding means a woodpecker has taken a liking to your house. Hollow trees fallen logs or stumps branches and twigs hollow reeds house siding utility poles transformer boxes fence posts rain gutters trash cans chimneys light covers. Normally the woodpecker finds insects under bark on trees and for some reason senses that underneath one s wooden siding lies food such as carpenter bee or other types of larvae. The birds also drum to attract mates.

Drumming holes many siding types are potential instruments for woodpecker drumming behavior. To mark their territory. If you have a woodpecker that is drumming on your roof siding chimney or metal flashing then it is likely a temporary occurrence that will go away once the woodpecker has found a mate. Depending on the habitat woodpeckers may choose both natural and artificial objects to drum on including.

A drumming woodpecker is warning other birds that your home is his.