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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