Select a platform feeder or seed feeder with lots of perching space. Some woodpeckers will be attracted to cracked corn or grapes, raisins and apples on a platform feeder. Create or preserve a snag in your backyard. A snag can be an old dead tree or tree stump. Snags are extremely important for providing food, nest sites and homes for woodpeckers.
Many woodpeckers prefer dead or rotting trees for excavating their nest holes.
Mount woodpecker houses around your yard. See our nesting box dimensions chart for specifications on some familiar woodpeckers and their preferences. Plant an oak tree. Plant a pine tree. Woodpeckers will love the shelter they provide as well as eat the pine seeds and sap.