Do you think it would work for the woodpecker? Where did you get the fake owl?
We got our owl at hardware. They are available on line. It keeps the hawks away too.
Mating season— territorial . The idea of place food away from the house has worked for some friends
Definitely works for woodpecker, its natural predator. Ace Hardware sells plastic owls.
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Plastic+Owls&FORM=IRIBEP
“Where did you get the fake owl?”
They put out a bunch of fake owls where I used to work. After a few years the owls were covered with bird poop.