One day

[Backwoods Savage]

We have several trees that look like that. Used to be we did not have those pileated here but they seemed to have moved in about 3 or 4 years ago.

 

[FireBones]

Nothing like raw horsepower for gettin' da job done!

I can hardly wait to hitch him up and put him to work!

 

[jdp1152]

I've got a nice hole in a piece of exterior trim from one of those jokers. Pretty big bird too.

Wait until they start in on your siding , if wood. they can destroy quite an area in a short time. By the way around here they are a protected species ( that's what the govt. says any way, but then so are tax collectors )

 

[bogydave]

And poop all over the course, like they do here? They get downright ornery if they are nesting and you get too close.

#18 at Omally GC, Anch, as you walk up to the green, you grow,
Goose chit sticking to your shoes

 

[bogydave]

I've got a nice hole in a piece of exterior trim from one of those jokers. Pretty big bird too.

Taste like chicken

 

[jdp1152]

Taste like chicken

what type of wood for smoking? Wine pairing white or red?

 

[Jags]

what type of wood for smoking? Wine pairing white or red?

No - fry it, preferably with baby seal oil.

 

[husky345 vermont resolute]

of hard hitting by a Pilated Woodpecker did this much damage. The tree will have to be taken down soon or it will come down on its own. The holes are more than half deep.

looks like an ash tree anyhow that is probably already dead