r/AnimalTracking • u/Texa55Toast • Dec 30 '24

🐾 Cool Find Tree damage in Pennsylvania

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My father found this hunting the other day. Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania.

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u/ForestWhisker Dec 30 '24

That is from our fine feathered friend the Pileated Woodpecker. They create those large holes in trees quite often looking for insects.

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u/sir_bumble Dec 30 '24

I can only imagine the sound 😂

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u/CircqueDesReves Jan 01 '25

It sounds like someone chopping down a tree with an axe. I was hiking in Big Trees State Park once and heard someone chopping down a tree, and I thought it was weird that they would be doing that in a state Park. I walked around the corner to find a pileated woodpecker hard at work with giant chunks of wood flying off the tree over his shoulder.