any suggestions for woodpecker?

Mouse trap with a peanut or similar enticement.

Take a few out with a little work to do on house for repairs from pellets or let them do a lot more damage than a pellet. Or just wait and watch to see were he flies to and then take him out

Not trying to go all PETA on you here, but have you tried putting up some boxes to see if you can lure them elsewhere? Of course if that doesnt work i agree with major, some mose traps should do the trick.

Check here under Legal Status and Damaage and Control :http://icwdm.org/handbook/birds/woodpeckers.asp

For a while I had a heron that was doing a number on the koi and fish in the pond behind the house. I had ideas on how to get rid of one before I learned the fine could go up to $10,000 per bird.

Hi 
I recomend not doing anything until you check out the local and federal laws regarding woodpeckers. 
Don't want to see you get into any trouble by accident. 

Dave 

Most woodpecker species are protected. Check with local Fish and Wildlife office or a Wildlife Control professional.

do not say a word to anyone just do what you have to do to protect your house.

A game warden in our area caught a backwoods man with a pileated woodpecker, which is protected. He asked him what he was planning to do with it as he was writing up an $800 ticket. The gentleman said he was planning to eat it as he always did. The game warden was perturbed, but asked him anyways, "well just out of curiosity, what does one taste like?" The hick responded, "Kind of like a cross between a bald eagle and a barn owl". Hahaha! Just a joke. I did have a friend blow the corner eave off of his home one Saturday morning as he attempted to dispatch a repeat offender woodpecker, who rapped on his gutter. Make sure you are good and awake. Seriously though, you might want to try a rubber snake or plastic owl first.

The question is why are they pecking on your house. Are they drumming to claim their territory or is there something there they are feeding on. Maybe you should call pest control to eliminate any food source.

"plinker" The hick responded, "Kind of like a cross between a bald eagle and a barn owl".

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LMAO! Thanks I need that! 

Pinwheels from the dollar store... if you can stand your house looking like a carnival.

I bought a bird repellent this year that comes in a caulking tub. It's clear and never dries and is sticky.
It keep the birds (even starlings) from rousting it also keep the squirrels away from all my buildings.
You can check your local hardware store for it.

What Plinker said. A Plastic Barn Owl and rubber snake. I have seen them on peoples property. I do not know first hand if they work, but I would certainly give this a idea a go
If you must clean up the situation,Take Bruce advice, Just keep it to yourself and do not write or talk about it. Its your space and no one else's problem but yours.

I have the same problem with Woodpecker. Sometime in the morning like 3-5am, they like to wake me up. At first it pecks close to the AC unit, I thought my AC broken. I really want to take them down until I know that is illegal. I live in Virginia anyway. Only way for me is apply a form that being said to protect my house. That application cost $50. I almost did the application but for some reason it stop pecking now.
Good luck with your.
Vu

Woodpeckers are also drawn to humming electrical lines and transformers (doorbell / HVAC / EMT encased conductors and conductors passing near steel siding) in walls as they think it is a nest of insects.

Thurmond

Shoot, shovel, shutup.

People, please stop advising to kill the woodpecker. Like I said earlier, it is most likely illegal to kill it. I do not know of a species of woodpecker that is not protected. Killing a protected species is a big deal, some are so rare that the death of an individual can negatively impact population. All problems with wildlife must be handled properly, and most times a pellet is not the best or correct answer.

HOLLISTER, Calif. — Today, the national nonprofit Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) along with Wildlife Emergency Services are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the perpetrator(s) responsible for shooting a Great Blue Heron. The wounded bird was found the week of Halloween, huddled in a corner of a local resident’s backyard. Officials with the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for the Monterey County Wildlife Center rescued the heron, who was shot with pellets from an air rifle. WES is offering $5,050 supplemented by ALDF’s $1,000 and $200 from an anonymous donor, bringing the total to $6,250.Migratory birds like the Great Blue Heron are protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918, under Fish and Game Code 3513. Under these laws and California’s Penal Code§ 597(a)—which prohibits maliciously and intentionally maiming, mutilating, torturing, or wounding a living animal—the perpetrator(s) could be charged with a misdemeanor offense leading to one year in the county jail and/or a $20,000 penalty, or face felony charges and three years in the county jail and/or a $20,000 fine.
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Looks to me like using a pellet on a woodpecker is a really really bad idea.