Hi fellow Nature Enthusiasts,
Today we saw the damage to one of the giant pine trees at the lake house by a wood pecker or two!
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Wood peckers aren’t too common around where we live but when they do come around boy do they cause some damage lol. This was one of the worst we’ve seen!
The birds are really cool, I’ve managed to spot two small ones in the area but I think this tree here fell victim to a much larger one or two wood pecker birds which is interesting to think about. The tree has been dead since before the pecker was looking for a meal but the post title didn’t sound as cool, sorry for the clickbait :D
I would have loved to see the birds that made these holes but boy they are huge! My wife spotted them first and was wondering what they were when she got closer she immediately knew that it was some crazy wood peckers looking for some bugs to eat.
The tree had the holes lined up and down the bottom of it, with the biggest ones being several feet off the ground but the bad part about it is that the tree is completely dead. The holes are weakening the tree further and it’s not going to be too long before the thing comes crashing down.
There are several giant pine trees in this spot and it’s sad but all of them aren’t in the best of shape. I don’t know if it’s just the particular breed of pine tree but they have minimal branches or needles on them so they are all a bit sketchy when it comes to them destroying things.
It’s a bit strange to think of it this way but the pine tree falling onto the lake house might be a bit of a blessing. My wife’s uncle might not think of it that way but the house is such a mess inside that it would have to be completely destroyed before anything can be done to it. We don’t think it’s salvageable personally lol. I just hope that the tree doesn’t fall in the next few years otherwise it will really hurt her uncles heart since that’s his man cave away from it all.
I don’t know the chances of the tree falling down towards the water given where the other stuff is but we can only hope that if it does fall down, it doesn’t hit either of the houses that are next to it. We are going to price out what it would cost to have a tree company come out and cut it down properly and safely. It might turn out to be some pretty good free wood for us to have!
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