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North Shore Adventure Park tries predator bird sounds to deter damaging woodpeckers

The North Shore Adventure Park has 34 telephone poles holding its elements and courses and woodpeckers real­ly like searching for food in them. Wood­peckers do millions of dollars in damages in the adventure indus­try, just as they do to utility poles.

The park has been fighting woodpeckers for three years. To re­pair damage, the staff must work at height since the woodpeck­ers favor the tallest poles. Staff inserts a fiberglass expanding polymer, which re­stores the pole’s in­tegrity. They then add an expanding met­al mesh wrap to the pole. Unfortunately, this does not prevent woodpeckers from just moving down the pole to an unprotected spot.

Woodpeckers are territorial, so they of­ten return to damage the same areas every year. To deter them from returning when the park is closed, the park uses a recording of predator birds to discourage them. “The winter of 2023 was our first test, and we saw less damage when we re-opened the park this spring,” said Alice Tibbetts, President of the business.

The recordings are plugged in mid No­vember when the tem­perature drops and neighbors do not have their windows open. They are then turned off when spring weath­er warms up. “Last year we waited a bit too long, so we have to make sure we turn it off before it bothers neighbors,” Tibbetts said.

For questions or con­cerns, contact the park at 218-220-5330

The North Shore Ad­venture Park in Silver Bay is the only forest climbing park in Min­nesota, providing high views of Lake Superi­or and adventures for families, individuals, and groups! Serving ages 3 and up with high ropes, zip lines, and axe throwing.

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