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| Pileated woodpecked tree - South Deerfield, MA Photo by Laura Eve-Cowles, 2/27/2016 |
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| Pileated Woodpecker (Audubon Society, John McKean/VIREO) |
And the cause of all that damage? No, not some errant maple tapping operation. All credit goes to the pileated woodpecker, who excavates deep into rotten wood and dead trees to get at the nests of carpenter ants.
According to Laura, there were two, "the size of pterodactyls," at work on this tree. And she should know - the Eve-Cowles family was named the 2015 Massachusetts Tree Farmers of the Year for sustainable forest management, which creates better habitat for many wildlife species, particularly birds (her forest/farm is in Deerfield and Conway). Thanks for this awesomely bizarre photo, Laura!
According to Laura, there were two, "the size of pterodactyls," at work on this tree. And she should know - the Eve-Cowles family was named the 2015 Massachusetts Tree Farmers of the Year for sustainable forest management, which creates better habitat for many wildlife species, particularly birds (her forest/farm is in Deerfield and Conway). Thanks for this awesomely bizarre photo, Laura!
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