What to do if you have a woodpecker making a hole in your house.
Woodpeckers do occasionally make holes in houses.
It is an annoying and difficult problem to solve, in part because we do not know why the birds are doing this. It may be that they hear something which sounds like an insect in the walls, or it may be a young bird choosing an inappropriate place to make a cavity for the winter. There is no evidence to suggest that there are actually insects present in the walls of the house. The behavior is most often observed in the fall and does not usually continue into the winter or spring. In dealing with the problem, remember that woodpeckers are protected by both state and federal laws, and it is illegal to kill them.