While on my way back from the magical trout stream bedrock outcrop, I saw the above scene. I apologize for the picture quality, although it shows what i wanted it to show.
Notice the gray bark on most of the tamaracks, and the bright reddish brown bark on some of them. The question is, who did that?
A hint: they like woody habitat.
7 comments:
Could it be Mr./Mrs. Porcupine??
Enjoy your blog. Thanks for it.
If the bark is chewed off, porcupine. If it's flicked off it's either a Northern Three-toed Woodpecker or a Black-backed Woodpecker.
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Notice how high off the ground the damage is? Only one explanation: Jackalopes.
The real question is what is a southwestern desert jackalope doing in your neck of the woods?
Really tall beavers?!
Porcupine. Pretty good bet with that kind of activity your Fisher population isn't that large. They're about the only thoing that really chows down on the porcupines.
Okay, I,m going to have to backpedal on this. Anonymous 2 gave the answer I was looking for, Blacked back or American three toed woodpecker, but I had totally forgotten about porkys. Will have to examine the trees a bit closer to see if the bark was flicked or chewed. The peckers don't generally dig beyond the cambium (the red stuff), and seeing some evidence of digging to the heartwood, I may have to give this one to the porkys. Will try to investigate further.
Extra credit to Floridacracker, Rurality, and Dan Trabue for creativity!
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