Can anyone tell me what is this on my red maple tree?
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Sherry F
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There are several places on the tree with the same markings.
15 answers
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Are those fresh? They don't really look recent in the photos. Has there been any change in them?
Douglas Hunt
on Apr 07, 2014
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My guess is a wood pecker. My poor loquats have almost been girdered by one.
Sheila E
on Apr 07, 2014
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I really think you need a tree dx
Debbie
on Apr 07, 2014
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Looks 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.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Apr 08, 2014
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Woodpecker!!! Do you hear tap, tap, tap coming from the yard?
Heather (New House New Home)
on Apr 09, 2014
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I concur with the woodpecker opinion.
Barbara Little
on Apr 09, 2014
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they look like older "drills" by a yellow bellied sap sucker. I have them all over my trees. Here's a pic of newer ones.....
Sandy Harmon
on Apr 09, 2014
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When a tree has bores often times the tree will look wet under the holes.
Patty
on Apr 09, 2014
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This 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.
Mary
on Apr 11, 2014
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Yep, Sapsucker.
Pam
on Apr 12, 2014
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I 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.
Judy Cornelison
on Apr 16, 2014
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Thanks everyone. At least it isn't a disease or worm that's going to kill my red maple.
Sherry F
on Apr 24, 2014
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While 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.
Woodbridge Environmental Tiptophouse.com
on Apr 24, 2014
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I 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!
Barbara R
on Jun 24, 2014
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woodpeckers
Fenya Kashergen
on Jul 08, 2014
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