How do we keep woodpeckers from pecking at our siding?

There must be some insects or they wouldn't be pecking, you might want an exterminator to take a look, could be termites or carpenter ants.

Several people seem to be using this method.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14nmlZ0gpC4

woodpecker males use the tapping as a mating call - the loud sounds bring in females! it is against the law to shoot them but you can run them off if you hear them - I go outside with a broom and it stops them but sends them to my neighbors

We got rid of our woodpecker by putting an artificial owl at the spot they seemed to like. It's the same owl I usually hang over my garden to keep birds away from my veggie plants. Worked well for both purposes.

Bees and small insects that make delicious meals for woodpeckers sometimes take refuge underneath siding and in the walls of your home and you may not even know about it. Here is a link that may be of some help to you: http://www.wildlife-removal.com/woodpeckersaway.html

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Are they woodpeckers or flickers? Flickers usually will peck on anything that is loudest during mating season to attract his mate. (If u really want a loud wake up: let them find the metal chimney cap to your fireplace!)

http://www.wildlife-removal.com/woodpeckersaway.html

Fill holes with S O S pads soaked with vegetable oil