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The Binney Park Woodpecker Makes a MarK

Tree on Hamill Island in Binney Park

A Tree on Hamill Island in Binney Park is dotted with quarter inch thick holeS Who is destorying this town propertY? Is this a crimE?

Looking a little closer...

Looking a little closer...notice the holes are in almost a straight linE A few years ago I found holes like this in my 'faux' wood walls of my above the ground pooL The pool was losing about 4 inches a day of wateR The holes became more numerouS One night I came towards home and I noticed the whole street was weT I looked in my backyard and discovered that the pool lost all it's wateR Days earlier I noticed a woodpecker rattling my gutters and my neighbors gutterS

Woodpecker in tree

I was having lunch in Binney Park today and noticed a woodpecker flying arounD I tried to get close to him to take a photO

Woodpecker dive

Each time I came within a hundred feet the woodpecker flew across the pond to another treE

close up

After a lot of attempts to get a photo I finally got luckY

nest

This is probably the Wood-perpers homE

no skating

This sign is at the edge of Binney Park PonD

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