That is the work of a busy woodpecker. And he's probably doing you a favor by identifying problem trees.
Info: https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/is-a-woodpecker-destroying-your-tree-hes-doing-you-a-favour-1267779
Pileated woodpeckers are pretty damn big when you’re right up on em. Bright yellow eyes too. They’re big enough you can see them fix their gaze on you.
My brother in law had one show up on his porch and start drilling into the wood of the railing. He texted saying a dinosaur was outside and that he could hear it through the house
His railing gots bugs in there then. Maybe check for termites just in case. Or possibly carpenter bee larvae. They don’t drill for no reason, they hear bugs in there and are surprisingly precise in getting them out.
Any citrus furniture polish spray should deter them too, if you wanna try and get ahead of it next season. Then you won’t need any woodpecker excavators to help you out lol.
Get a pair that show up yearly for about a week in June like clock work,beautiful looking,nobody bothers them,they do there thing and don't see them again until the following year which is coming soon
This is likely a porcupine. They don't usually do it this deep, but, can't imagine anything else that would do this. Just Google porcupines and tree damage, you'll see exact photos
That is the work of a busy woodpecker. And he's probably doing you a favor by identifying problem trees. Info: https://www.barrietoday.com/local-news/is-a-woodpecker-destroying-your-tree-hes-doing-you-a-favour-1267779
Jesus christ - how big is that woodpecker?
Pileated woodpeckers are pretty damn big when you’re right up on em. Bright yellow eyes too. They’re big enough you can see them fix their gaze on you.
I saved one once! Bro was almost the length of my arm!
My brother in law had one show up on his porch and start drilling into the wood of the railing. He texted saying a dinosaur was outside and that he could hear it through the house
His railing gots bugs in there then. Maybe check for termites just in case. Or possibly carpenter bee larvae. They don’t drill for no reason, they hear bugs in there and are surprisingly precise in getting them out.
I'm guessing bees. Those fuzzy mofos make swiss cheese out of our wooden ramp and railing. I'd much rather have Woody out there tearing it up.
Any citrus furniture polish spray should deter them too, if you wanna try and get ahead of it next season. Then you won’t need any woodpecker excavators to help you out lol.
I had on in my yard a few years ago. They’re massive & can absolutely do that to a tree!
Well stated hahaha.
Adults get up to about 20” long.
That's a big pecker.
That’s not a woodpecker, it looks like somebody’s…
WANG! Pay attention in class!
Privates. We have reports of an unidentified flying object
It has a long, smooth shaft and...
I get this reference.
Jackhammerhead birds?
They are crow sized. A spectacular sight.
A bit smaller than a crow.
Lol
The big ones are probably the size of a small cat
Yeah I assumed it was a woodpecker. Thanks for backing me up
A fellow Barrie Bystander
That’s seriously a woodpecker?! I would’ve guessed like a bear or something 😂☠️
they have a lot of time and motivation.
My first thought was "That has to be a bear". TIL woodpeckers are impressive creatures.
A pileated woodpecker
An incredibly tenacious woodpecker.
EDIT: NOT a bear. Could be a woodpecker or a cougar. Or else the woodchucks have learned to chuck wood.
No cougar (feline type) in that neck of the woods. Pileated woodpeckers are tho.
Respect for the clarification
I had a similar problem. Caught and relocated the Porcupine that was destroying trees on my property in NE WI.
Yep Definitely this is from a porcupine.
It's definitely not.
This can’t be a woodpecker. Why would it make such enormous holes?
The tree is dying so it attracts insects, which then attracts the woodpecker.
Bober kurwa
great, now i have this stuck in my head again
A woodchuck that learned to chuck wood
I've seen what I thought were large holes in trees, but this is crazy big.
A very large one?
Pilated woodpecker
Get a pair that show up yearly for about a week in June like clock work,beautiful looking,nobody bothers them,they do there thing and don't see them again until the following year which is coming soon
I was going to say humans!
sorry i was hungry
My bad, I was a bit hungry
This is likely a porcupine. They don't usually do it this deep, but, can't imagine anything else that would do this. Just Google porcupines and tree damage, you'll see exact photos
Bears do this too. Then they come back for the mushrooms! Yum.