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Originally Posted by Grant
The most abundant creature on our property this spring, however, seemed to be various woodpeckers -- both pileated and downy. Lots of new holes pecked.
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Grant - The pileated woodpeckers are beautiful birds, but their presence on your property isn't a good sign. They peck those big holes to get at ants or other insect infestations inside the tree. We've found that when a pileated woodpecker starts pecking holes in a tree, it's a sign the tree should probably be taken down. That's happened to several of our trees here, mostly to white birch and white pine. In each case, the trees the pileateds went to work on turned out to be infested with insects and we had to have them removed. It might be a good idea to have a tree expert take a look.