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Why do woodpeckers like cedar wood siding?

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The two reasons that woodpeckers bang on things are 1. They are digging prey (insects) out of rotting wood 2. read more

We had cedar siding that was about 25 years old, it had become home to carpenter ants and wasps. If cedar gets wet and stays wet it will eventually rot. Our house is well shaded by large trees so it wasn’t able to throughly dry between rain storms. The bugs are mother nature’s cleaning crew to get rid of the rot. read more

Woodpeckers can cause serious damage to unpainted or untreated cedar siding on a house. Within days, they can create several 1- to 2-inch holes in your siding. There are many reasons woodpeckers do this to cedar siding, including mating, nesting or hunting for insects. read more

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