I have never seen my Hairy's, Downy's, or my pair of Red-Bellied peckers doing that!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Weston" <[email protected]> To: "mnbird" <[email protected]>; "Mou-net" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 12:06 AM Subject: [mnbird] Woodpecker Evidence > while doing the Hastings CBC today, I found about ten trees at Schaar's > Bluff near Hastings that appeared to have had their > bark scaled off by a woodpecker. These deciduous trees were all about > three to five inches in diameter and had all the bark > removed from the base of the tree to about ten to fifteen feet high. The > chisel marks from what appeared to be the bill of > a woodpecker were clearly visible. The shavings of most, if not all, were > ontop of the snow, indicating that the removal of > the bark was recent. > > I am aware that both Three-toed and Black-backed Woodpeckers scale the > bark. Neither of these would be expected. There is > one record of a Black-backed Woodpecker in Dakota County, and one of a > Three-toed not far across the river. Do any of the > other woodpeckers methodically strip the bark off of a tree? > > Steve Weston on Quigley Lake in Eagan > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird >
