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  • From: Douglas Woodard <dwoodard@becon.org>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] holes in bark
  • Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 23:27:04 -0400

Here in the Niagara Peninsula I see lots of big old trees with sapsucker holes in them.

I understand that the sapsuckers tend to dril more holes than they can defend, and the hummingbirds (especially before many flowers open) and to some extent orioles raid the sap holes.

Human sap tappers are apparently only a small risk to the health of maple trees.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada


Kevin Moore wrote:

How dangerous are they?

*From:* Lon J. Rombough <lonrom@hevanet.com>
*To:* North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
*Sent:* Wednesday, May 13, 2009 6:54:35 PM
*Subject:* Re: [NAFEX] holes in bark

Sounds like you have a sapsucker at work. For the uninitiated, it's a bird that drills the trees like a woodpecker, then drinks the sap. I've seen hawthorns here with bark reduced to lace by them.
-Lon Rombough


On May 13, 2009, at 4:41 PM, R. Keith Etheridge wrote:

Yestrday I found seven holes in the bark of a pecan tree.About the size of pencil eraser, in a more or less
horizontal pattern, five feet from the ground.I also found the same on a black walnut close by. Any ideas ?
Keith




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