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Belated good morning folks

Only 357 days ‘til Christmas…

Got to go back to work tomorrow

The first day is always the hardest…

I hope everyone has a terrific day!

 

Late morning all.
Have not left the house other than bringing dog for a walk since noon Friday!
Hope everyone had a great new years!

 

I've barely left the house since December 23rd.

Back to work tomorrow, though.

 

I like being home all my shit is there!
Back to work for me tomorrow also

 

I took advantage of the fine day to have a patrol around the estate.

What do you suppose is brutalizing this tree??

There is a section about 8 feet long -- that starts 8 feet up with more damage, bark gouged off almost 1/2 way round the tree, the camera couldn't see it well due to the light.
Edit: I put it in at the bottom.



Only this tree



Shredding was about 10" long



Chunks-o-tree all around the base.
This is on a steep side hill, I'm looking down at the tree.



This is the real bad section, it starts 8 feet up!

 

Porcupine maybe? Any teeth or claw marks u can make out?

 

some kind of beetle infestation that weakened the tree and then a branch tore the strip off
or a really big woodpecker, like 50's si-fi big

 

wood hen/piliated woodpecker?

see above quote

 

I guess they're not extinct?

Agree with others about it likely being beetles. Woodpeckers then excarebate the damage peeling back the bark trying to eat the beetles. Woodpeckers would not do this type of damage on their own. Being 8' up, it has to be some kind of insect.

 

I have an arborist friend who would know if you're really trying to figure this out. Just need to know what state and then I could send him the photos.

 

Im sticking with a porky....got the same kind of damage on a couple trees out back, got the porcupine too.

 

I bet if u go back and look ull find teeth marks..they are built near the same as a beaver and will tear the hell out of a tree.

 

Could also be two animals that worked it...porky came first and then the pecker..

 

Where does one look for the photo challenge thread?

 

Finally found it...lol

 

Im using a phone and sometimes its not easy to spot the tiny little thread titles.

 

Would it present as a "chattering" heard and felt from the front end?

 

I went to the Post Office in that time period.

 

Some type of insect chews down on the tree . Wood Peckers go after the juicy insects

The slight breezes we had get under the bark and it blows off.

The tree is dead correct ??

I have one just like that since our slight breezes if I remember I will take a picture.

 

In this area were MR Green Lives Porkypines are few and far between.

I know people that lived up there all their lives have never seen a live one.

in 20 years driving most of the roads up there I have only seen a few flat ones.

I must say I think Porkypines might need lots of spices to over come the pine taste.

Not something I would go out of my way to eat again.