I wondered if a pileated woodpecker made these marks in a rock maple trying to get some sap to get a drink. In one of the pictures there are light cross marks in the wood like a beak scraping the wood.
I wondered if a pileated woodpecker made these marks in a rock maple trying to get some sap to get a drink. In one of the pictures there are light cross marks in the wood like a beak scraping the wood.
1,200 taps on USFS land, 3x8 King w/Steamaway. Lapierre RO.
Porcupine?
3,100 taps
60 cfm flood
HC2
5 by 14 oil
Brian
I came across this tree in my woodlot while setting taps back in January.
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Apparently, the birds in my woods have acquired heavy weapons. And learned how to use them!
Mark
Mason 2x4 w/raised flue pan, 240 gal. sap tank, 80 Reds on 5/16 tubing and Lunchbox releaser/pump, 20 sugars on buckets
That looks like porcupine damage to me.
Russ
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[QUOTE=Russell Lampron;333912]That looks like porcupine damage to me.[/QUOTE
Could be. I didn't know they could climb a small tree up to a height of 5 - 8 feet.
1,200 taps on USFS land, 3x8 King w/Steamaway. Lapierre RO.
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Mark, I have the same in my woods.
1,200 taps on USFS land, 3x8 King w/Steamaway. Lapierre RO.
Mason 2x4 w/raised flue pan, 240 gal. sap tank, 80 Reds on 5/16 tubing and Lunchbox releaser/pump, 20 sugars on buckets
Mason 2x4 w/raised flue pan, 240 gal. sap tank, 80 Reds on 5/16 tubing and Lunchbox releaser/pump, 20 sugars on buckets
[QUOTE=mspina14;334039][QUOTE=Homestead Maple;334031]
Actually, the damage on the tree is about 10-15 feet above the ground.
Can Porcupines climb a tree that high?
One falling out of a 90 foot white pine accelerates at 32 feet per second per second........
3,100 taps
60 cfm flood
HC2
5 by 14 oil
Brian
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I get a lot of damage from porcupine. I would say that is what it was. They cling to the tree and chew the crap out of drops. This one died of lead poisoning.