E-mail Woodpeckers Can Damage Houses and Trees Things that go thud in the night are usually reserved for sci fi movies. We do have a few yard visitors that go thud, thud, thud.
Woodpeckers can be regular residents in parks and gardens.
They peck into trees in search of food and hollow cavities for nesting. They prefer dead and dying trees and woodpeckers are an important part of a woodland environment. As we share our yards with woodpeckers, their habits can become annoying and in isolated cases damaging. Woodpeckers may drill holes into wood siding, eaves or window frames. They especially like new redwood and cedar homes near woodland areas.