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I too had woodpecker wars, on my cedar cabin in the mountains. Started with a female pecking a 4" diameter hole in the side at the top of the second story, pulled out a ton of insulation (all over the place). Then layed eggs. I got out the ladder and put a plug i cut from a tree branch and sealed it up. Next weekend it had pecked out half the plug and part of the side. Did the same thing. Next I bought a mechanical OWL that was motion activated , head moved and hooted. Plug was pecked out again. Next was the snakes, plug out again, Finally I bought a huge light weight nylon net with holes about 1/2 " square and draped from the eave to the ground about 1 ft from the wall. This discouraged for about one week. The wood pecker would then hop from the side of the net over to the hole and peck it out again. I finally called Game and Fish and they gave me a permit to shoot it with a pellet gun. End of Story.