We just can't seem to get away from birds and the damage the do. It was the swallows and the mud nests they tried to build on the side of the house in May/June, the constant mess of the geese, and now we woodpeckers.
We started hearing them on the roof, tapping at the heat vents. Because they were warm I think. But I happened to notice the continuous tapping noise and walked out to the deck to see that a woodpecker had pecked a huge hole in the roof of our deck.
Blasted birds.
I have tried to catch them anytime I hear them, and they have slowed down their efforts, but who knows if they are building a nest up in the roof now.