Doesn't appear to be a yellow sapsucker and the holes are not aligned
in a close enough pattern, another woodpecker perhaps? I have seen
large trees killed by repeated damage such as this when enough cambial
tissue is killed. A neat way to prevent sapsuckers from killing small
trees is to tie a long piece of bamboo to the tree trunk which
interrupts their hole boring pattern, won't help in this situation
though. Nice video. Greg.
On Oct 21, 11:26 pm, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Erstwhile member Jenny here!
>
> I was walking through this nearby park on 5th Ave. and 23rd st. and
> saw all these woodpeckers pummeling the several species of this tree!
> How long will a tree like this last?? I don't think the tree is id-
> able from my video (even by Steve G.!), but anyone know the species of
> woodpecker? Yellow-bellied sapsucker? (The buildings shown in the
> video are responsible for hundreds of songbird deaths every migration
> season. Macabre birding NYC-style: go find the dead migrating birds!
> They slam into the buildings because reflect the foliage and branches
> of trees.)
>
> Video is 1:45. And it's cute, if wobbly.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZqOnThRcGg
>
> Thanks!
> Jenny
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