On May 21, 1:30 pm, Klara wrote:
In message .com,


Good luck - and keep us posted!

To everyone, the posted pics are spot on, I have never seen a
woodpecker before.


First of all thanks to everyone who responded to my plea. The update
is I sprayed eau de parfum on the roof. When I stood there looking at
the damage, I could hear scrabbling inside the box. The parents were
in a tree and as soon as I approached the box, they stopped calling to
the chick or chicks. The chick, I think it's one, was talking back
and making chirping noises and then it went absolutely silent. Is
there a warning that the chick understood from the parents and that's
why it shut up?

The hole is quite large now and shaped like a teardrop. Also one
corner of the roof is completely bitten away. I put a basket over the
box and widened the hole to allow the parents in but they keep on
coming to the box, with food in their mouths and appear as if they are
going to go in and then fly away!! If they don't go and feed the baby
soon, I will have to take off the basket.

I did think of filling in the damaged bit with Blutack, would the
parents eat this and if so would it harm them?

Judith