High frequency sound producing devices are sold for wildlife control, but rarely provide advertised results. The sound is above human hearing range, but also above the range for most birds. No-More can be applied to trees when drilling is especially damaging. Birds do not like the sticky footing. Since the sticky products can stain wood house siding, the products should be applied to pressed board or other material, which is fastened to effected area.
Woodpeckers can damage some trees.
If you have ever noticed rows of vertical or horizontal holes in trees and branches, sapsuckers have been at work. The yellow-bellied sapsucker relies on the sap of trees and the insects stuck in the sap for much of its food. Yello w-bellied sapsuckers are migratory woodpeckers. They travel at night and may travel long distances. Some go as far as Panama for the winter.