QUOTE(King Of Beasts @ Apr 15 2013, 12:02 PM)

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EDIT: And for the gods sakes, don't feed them peanuts. They will come take them from your hand, (because they are fearless) - but then they will begin to "DEMAND" them, rapping like the cops on your door whenever the mood strikes them for another treat.
I'm going to assume you learned this the hard way?
My (late) Grandfather learned the hard way. He went from avid bird watcher to hunter with rocksalt in his shotgun. They are intelligent birds, and even though he was a tremendous shot could not hit them to save his life. They became angered by the sudden lack of peanuts and hostile actions of their host, and it was on.
The woodpeckers were winning the war until my Grandfather called in the heavy equipment: A large rubber snake was thrown up on the roof looking like it was interested in their nest, and another over the door to his house. After a few days of apparent inactivity by the snake, the woodpeckers were back, enraged by the trickery.
Next the "Orkin" man took a shot at it. Then some bird specialist. The woodpeckers saw this as the last act of a desperate man and holed in, mocking him with assaults on his house, swoop attacks and laughter when he emerged.
Woodpeckers are like goats, once you start against them, they never stop till they are the victor in the match.