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Aren't woodpeckers protected in Arizona???

I WOULD DELETE THIS POST.

I’m rooting for the woodpeckers!

They are on the list of protected birds of the Federal Migratory Bird Treaty Act and it is illegal to hunt them unless you have a special permit to do so.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service., Interior § 10.13 List of Migratory Birds. 

Woodpecker:

Acorn, Melanerpes formicivorus

Black-backed, Picoides arcticus

Downy, Picoides pubescens

Gila, Melanerpes uropygialis

Golden-fronted, Melanerpes aurifrons

Hairy, Picoides villosus

Ivory-billed, Campephilus principalis

Ladder-backed, Picoides scalaris

Lewis’, Melanerpes lewis

Nuttall’s, Picoides nuttallii

Pileated, Dryocopus pileatus

Puerto Rican, Melanerpes portoricensis

Red-bellied, Melanerpes carolinus

Red-cockaded, Picoides borealis

Red-headed, Melanerpes erythrocephalus

Strickland’s, Picoides stricklandi

Three-toed, Picoides tridactylus

White-headed, Picoides albolarvatus

@Hawkeye,

I don't believe the Gila woodpecker needs to be endangered or threatened for it to be illegal to shoot them. I did a search and found a couple websites that state that the Gila Woodpecker is also protected in Arizona.



Tread carefully.

I once had a friend who owned a multi-million dollar lakefront mansion that was decked in rustic vertical siding. The woodpeckers absolutely destroyed the siding on his house. The siding was made of plywood that contained voids between the laminations. The woodpeckers took these for insect bores and pecked out every single void in an attempt to find the insect. The man had to re-side his house costing tens of thousands of dollars. The same thing is the case with your stucco house, hawkeye69. And a man has a natural right to protect his property. If I lived closer, I'd bring over my wildcat and help you get rid of those damnable woodpeckers.

BeemanR7 

If you want to shoot woodpeckers that are destroying your property, that's up to you but without a permit from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, it is illegal and going online to tell the world about it is not a very smart idea and it's against this forums rules. Discussing ANY illegal activity is prohibited

Nice shooting Hawkeye! 

Seems that many here are expertly versed in "MAN'S LAWS". But the Original Law Giver gave man the Original Law Book that grants man dominion over this world and all that is in it, not the other way around!!! 

What’s with all the cry babies lately?

Sorry Beeman, I ain’t buying what you’re selling. 

Kool aid,must be a better way.

There is value in researching laws regarding taking wildlife - before pulling the trigger. Or talking about it online. I failed to do that before taking out some pests myself.