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Posted by dpb on April 17, 2007, 3:16 pm
On Apr 17, 2:09 pm, cle...@nortelnetworks.com (Chris Lewis) wrote:
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> > On Apr 13, 1:50 pm, cle...@nortelnetworks.com (Chris Lewis) wrote:
> > > I'd expect a pileated woodpecker would leave distinct and quite
> > > regular holes, even in very rotten wood. The holes we have are
> > > usually 3-4" high, 2-3" wide, and neatly tapered into the tree.
> > From what I know of the pileated woodpeckers, the large holes are
> > nesting cavities, not just feeding holes.
>
> The holes I'm referring to are only about 2-3" deep. They can't
> fit in that.
>
> Tho, it may depend on what the woodpecker is actually going after.
> The holes I'm describing are in apparently healthy cedar trees.
> In softer wood (eg: standing dead and rotting aspen) going after
> ant nests, their holes may be much more irregular and larger.
Or, they may just tear the whole thing apart leaving basically nothing
but shreds in the end... :)
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