Another Cook Hill Report

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Re: Another Cook Hill Report

Post by kepPNW » June 14th, 2016, 2:13 pm

Interesting! Well, for sure squirrels strip bark, too. Guess "some work left to the reader" on this one! Which is more likely to be on Cook Hill?
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Post by K.Wagner » June 14th, 2016, 7:35 pm

Adam,

Thanks for sending that link. I really had no idea that porcupines climbed like that. I had heard of them gnawing on outhouses and such, so I guess I thought that they were ground critters.
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Re: Another Cook Hill Report

Post by romann » June 14th, 2016, 8:28 pm

kepPNW wrote:
romann wrote:Real mystery was 2 or 3 debarked trees, I know different animals do it, but who would tear bark 20+ feet from the ground?
Maples?
No, these were firs or hemlocks.

Interesting about porcupines, I had no idea they can debark a mature tree. Saw one in Blue Mtns climbing up with ease - they're good at it.
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