Wife wants to put stones over logs

[wrangler6831]

Woodpeckers are a Federally Protected Species Woodpeckers and the management of woodpecker damage

Legal Status

Woodpeckers are classified as migratory, nongame birds and are protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) are on the Endangered Species list and are thus offered full protection. When warranted, woodpeckers other than the endangered species can be killed but only under a permit issued by the Law Enforcement Division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service upon recommendation of USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services personnel. Generally, there must be a good case to justify issuance of a permit.

Woodpeckers are commonly protected under state laws, and in those instances a state permit may be required for measures that involve lethal control or nest destruction. Other methods of reducing woodpecker damage do not infringe upon their legal protection status. Threatened or endangered species, however, cannot be harassed.

Most states have a clause that you can kill protected species if causing damage to property after other means of prevention has been exhausted. I had a problem with flying squirrels and reg squirrels chewing on my logs. Henry 22 took care of the problem!

 

[dickfoster]

Woodpeckers are a Federally Protected Species Woodpeckers and the management of woodpecker damage

Legal Status

Woodpeckers are classified as migratory, nongame birds and are protected by the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act. The red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) and the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) are on the Endangered Species list and are thus offered full protection. When warranted, woodpeckers other than the endangered species can be killed but only under a permit issued by the Law Enforcement Division of the US Fish and Wildlife Service upon recommendation of USDA-APHIS-Wildlife Services personnel. Generally, there must be a good case to justify issuance of a permit.

Woodpeckers are commonly protected under state laws, and in those instances a state permit may be required for measures that involve lethal control or nest destruction. Other methods of reducing woodpecker damage do not infringe upon their legal protection status. Threatened or endangered species, however, cannot be harassed.

Dayum tree huggers are everywhere. How about the Federal gubberment come and get their precious dayum woodpeckers or you do it if you love em so much. These folks are simply protecting the property and homes that THEY paid for, not you or the gubberment.

 

[dickfoster]

Hey Richard,
Turns out your wife must be my wife's twin. I didn't know she had a twin...

Guess what, they're all twins in that and many other respects. It's hard coded behavior in the female genome as we are hard coded to chase after them.

 

[TemporaryKubotaOwnerMark]

Guess what, they're all twins in that and many other respects. It's hard coded behavior in the female genome as we are hard coded to chase after them.

You got that right! I'm just glad mine has good taste, and her ideas are sensible.

 

[dmccarty]

I read this a bit yesterday and again today. The big concern I have is one I have not seen addressed: wood movement. Cross grain wood movement can be quite large, and logs in a log house are all cross-grain, going up the wall. If you try to put a stone facade over that, the logs will continue to move seasonally, but the stone sure won't. This is a recipe for disaster in the long run. The wood moving will put stress on the stones that will cause them to pop off, mortar to crack out and all sorts of mayhem. ...

Yep. My first Rah Roh with the idea of putting stone on the logs was water and rot. I don't see how the stone would keep moisture from getting to the wood IF THE STONE is attached directly to the logs. Our brick house has a gap, I think it is one inch between the brick and the rigid insulation on the house. That gap is to keep moisture from touching the structural wood in the house. There are also weep holes to let water escape.

Years ago they were putting "plastic" stucco on houses. The stucco was water proof but if water got behind the stucco one had some huge problems with rot. I believe they just slapped the stucco on plywood/chipboard with no drainage plane. I think there were some big lawsuits over that stuff. I saw houses built like this in FLA where you could see the 4x8 expanding at the edges from water. :shocked: Not good.

Later,
Dan

 

[JRobyn]

Lath. I stand corrected!

 

[Argonne]

I see an opportunity here. Sounds like you need a pre-owned bucket truck .

 

[zzvyb6]

I missed this thread at first, but now I know what carpenter bees are, especially when compared to bumble bees. (see Google Images). Turns out CCI .22 bird shot (greetings WalMart Shoppers) in a 9 round cylinder turns these items into flying sawdust. After a few boxes, no more holes in my shed rafters. Plenty of locations to hide my coin collection remain , though..

 

[moeh1]

I put up a couple fake hornets nests, they seem to cut down on other bee activity.
Wasp Repellent - Fake Wasp Nest - Natural Wasp Deterrent

 

[dodge man]

We have a convential framed house the previous owners had put a log siding on, both inside and outside. It looked good but it was a battle to maintain. We finally gave up and put up vinyl siding and also added quite a bit of stone to the front. Its what I would call a stacked stone look but its a man made stone and was put up using the wire looking mesh that is shown above. All the logs were taken off first.

I will also admit I'm careless with my shotgun. On more than one ocassion I dropped it, accidental discharge, and it happened to hit a woodpecker.