I have a pair of pileateds that regularly visit my back yard. Over the last year, they've taken half the bark off a large, dying oak. I believe their favorite food is carpenter ants who, along with other crawly-creepy critters live under the bark of dying trees.
Dick Beens St. Louis Park ----- Original Message ----- From: "PJ DUSAN" <[email protected]> To: "Steve Weston" <[email protected]>; "mnbird" <[email protected]>; "Mou-net" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2003 10:10 AM Subject: Re: [mnbird] Woodpecker Evidence > 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 > > > _______________________________________________ > mnbird mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.mnbird.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mnbird >
