Eating My Backyard

by Ellie
(Northbrook, IL)

My dad and I think that yellow-bellied woodpeckers are responsible for the slow dieing of 5 our pine trees. We are putting Tanglefoot all over the trunk, and that seems to work to a point. We are also putting as much burlap as possible. Is there anything else anybody suggests. I am thinking of putting pie tins on the branches (hanging from the branches). Hopefully the loud noise should deter them. The pine trees are close to dieing. I really hope we caught them in time.