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Pileated Woodpecker damage

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  1. yooperdave

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    Well, I guess the little fella was just trying to make a living!

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    It would be interesting to know if the tree fell during the job or not. If the snow wasn't so danged deep, I would've gotten a close up pic of the back side of the tree.

    Maybe the woodpecker got his bill pinched in the tree? :whistle:
     
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    I wonder if they carry spares to peck the pinched one loose? Of course that wouldn't work anyways since they have inboard mounts :hair:
    It happens
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    Notice the Ford in the background YD? :D:thumbs:
     
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    Yup, saw that right away! That truck is still running around; I see it from time to time. That guy got a good deal! (the beaver in the pic didn't get a good deal)
     
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    I've seen these little guys go to town on a tree. Pretty impressive.
     
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    at one time, on the internet, there was a picture of a big tree with a beavers skull locked in the break of the tree, it apparently had fell as he was cutting it, killing him, and trapped his skull in the tree.
     
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    Not as bad as that poor coon dog that had gotten into a hollow tree......but never got out!
     
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