Can anyone tell me what is this on my red maple tree?
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Douglas Hunt on Apr 07, 2014Are those fresh? They don't really look recent in the photos. Has there been any change in them?Helpful Reply
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Sheila E on Apr 07, 2014My guess is a wood pecker. My poor loquats have almost been girdered by one.Helpful Reply
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Debbie on Apr 07, 2014I really think you need a tree dxHelpful Reply
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Apr 08, 2014Looks as though you have a wood pecker going after ants or wood boring beetles often found under the bark of the tree. May have been done at an earlier date as Doulas has suggested. But the pattern of the holes indicate that a bird has been poking around for lunch.Helpful Reply
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Heather (New House New Home) on Apr 09, 2014Woodpecker!!! Do you hear tap, tap, tap coming from the yard?Helpful Reply
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Barbara Little on Apr 09, 2014I concur with the woodpecker opinion.Helpful Reply
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Sandy Harmon on Apr 09, 2014they look like older "drills" by a yellow bellied sap sucker. I have them all over my trees. Here's a pic of newer ones.....Helpful Reply
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Patty on Apr 09, 2014When a tree has bores often times the tree will look wet under the holes.Helpful Reply
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Mary on Apr 11, 2014This is the work of a yellow bellied sapsucker. We had a pine tree that the bird worked over and it looked exactly like the marks on your tree.Helpful Reply
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Pam on Apr 12, 2014Yep, Sapsucker.Helpful Reply
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Judy Cornelison on Apr 16, 2014I thought woodpecker, too. A tree in my yard has multiple holes in rows around the trunk - now I know to look for a yellow-bellied sapsucker.Helpful Reply
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Sherry F on Apr 24, 2014Thanks everyone. At least it isn't a disease or worm that's going to kill my red maple.Helpful Reply
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Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com on Apr 24, 2014While it may not be a disease or worm, if there are birds pecking at the trunk, they are looking for bugs that often hide under the bark. You may need to spray the tree or after a while if the birds keep having at it, it will die. I suggest you get it professionally looked at by an arborist or pest applicator that is licensed to treat shrubs and trees. A simple treatment will assure that the tree remains alive.Helpful Reply
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Barbara R on Jun 24, 2014I had a beautiful set (3) of birch trees that a woodpecker (or another bug-eating bird) got into...after a season, bees got into it that were after the sap that escaped from the holes in the spring. Those trees died because of it. Is there anything you can wrap around to stop the birds from killing your tree? I had moved away and wasn't aware of it and then moved back to find all the damage. I hope you can save your beautiful maple tree!Helpful Reply
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Fenya Kashergen on Jul 08, 2014woodpeckersHelpful Reply
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