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    ken_wall2003 Posts: 10, Reputation: 1
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    Sep 20, 2010, 06:28 AM
    Have holes like from a woodpecker on my birch tree up and down, what could this be?
    It looks like many holes up and down the branches of my birch tree, what could it be?
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    Sep 20, 2010, 07:21 AM

    Its not woodpecker holes. It is wood boring insects and the tree may have to come down.

    If you have a local collage nearby, see if they have anyone on staff that can look at the tree for you.

    Sometimes you can spray the tree and save it, however, if it is to far gone it will have to come down.
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    Sep 20, 2010, 02:15 PM

    Don may be correct but it may also be from wasps or ants. How large are the holes?
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    Sep 24, 2010, 07:47 AM
    It llooks like the answer is yes, the woodpeckers are getting to the tree, but the reason is they are looking for the bugs that are moving in the tree... go figure!!
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    Sep 26, 2010, 09:40 AM

    I was going to ask why it couldn't be a woodpecker? Because it's a Birch?
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    Dec 28, 2010, 03:00 AM
    I had a tree with bugs, they moved to the house (carpenter ants), where we found sawdust. Expensive problem.
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