Einthewoods
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Porcupine in the area? They can wreak havoc on trees.
What kind of insect/animal
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oosik
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"E" - if I thought that might be a porcupine - I'd be carrying more than my flashlight for my nightly trips. I have no idea what a sweetgum tree is but around here the porkys attack younger pine trees (generally less than 6" in base diameter) or the very tippy top of bigger pines. Going for the soft underbark.
Egon
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Bug infestation followed by hungry Woodpeckers. Pilated leave large wood chunks.
Redbug
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Pileated Woodpecker.
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Gem99ultra
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yep - we do indeed have featured friends of all denominations, as well as a number of other critters. With your suggestion, I did a search for Pileated Woodpeckers, and found plenty of videos with those big guys in action. Here's more pictures of him/them working on a pine tree log laying in the woods:
PILOON
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The large pileated woodpeckers, LOL, that or a chain saw.
I have referred them as having carbide tipped chisel as a beak.
Those guys can generate pails full of wood chips in no time at all.
Beautiful bird but extremely shy, you are lucky to ever even see him.
His trademark is that the hole is rather rectangular in shape.
I have referred them as having carbide tipped chisel as a beak.
Those guys can generate pails full of wood chips in no time at all.
Beautiful bird but extremely shy, you are lucky to ever even see him.
His trademark is that the hole is rather rectangular in shape.
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2LaneCruzer
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They are rare around here; I can only recall ever seeing one. They are surprisingly large and strikingly beautiful ...even if they do look a little bit like Woody.
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Yes the first picture seems to be a construction of 3 or 4 images, fairly well done.
If they only did that to sweetgum - Where can I buy them? Maybe a dozen pair?
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Gem99ultra
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Save your money... I found a pine log on the property where they were shredding it to pieces in the same way. Apparently they aren't all that picky on tree variety.
I've never seen this one, or more around here, but I did have a pair nesting back in Texas. There they are truly rare there as well. We had bird watchers coming by with binoculars to see them nesting with a pair of chicks. They are beautiful birds, but I apparently never had seen them shredding a tree like these. As long as they don't start tearing up good trees, I'm happy to have them around. I'm just happy that the identification wasn't a new variety of pine beetles! Thanks to the TBN members that readily identified them.
If they proliferate I'll give you a buzz to come pick them up - at no charge
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The pileated woodpeckers are very fond of the wild grapes that are overrunning everything around here. They also seem to like the fruits from Osier dogwoods.
They do not appear to selective of what species of dead tree they start ripping into. They completely "holed" one dead tree on my property.
Those chips they leave behind as debris looks like chainsawed wood product.
They do not appear to selective of what species of dead tree they start ripping into. They completely "holed" one dead tree on my property.
Those chips they leave behind as debris looks like chainsawed wood product.
