Woodpecker damage to tree? - Ask Extension
Location: Clarys Forest, Columbia, condo, next to dumpster and open space and parking lot
What: holes in tree. Top of tree seems to be living. Did no...
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Woodpecker damage to tree? #753143
Asked May 31, 2021, 8:15 PM EDT
Location: Clarys Forest, Columbia, condo, next to dumpster and open space and parking lot
What: holes in tree. Top of tree seems to be living. Did not notice these holes last year.
Possibly - damage by kids which have damaged trees in the past
Sap is running out
Holes are start about 2 feet above ground
Photos show tree at a distance then holes around the trunk
Next question will show additional photos
Thank you
Howard County Maryland
Expert Response
This looks like woodpecker damage. Pileated woodpeckers are large woodpeckers that make holes like this. Here on the Maryland Biodiversity Project website, you can see photos of the birds and the types of holes they make. https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/1157
Christa