[mnbird] Re: [mou] Beetle tidbits
Larson Kelly
northernflights@charter.net
Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:16:24 -0600
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Perhaps the high number of Black-backed and Three-toed Woodpeckers
along the North Shore can be attributed to fires this past August
along the Gunflint Trail?
Kelly Larson
Bemidji Minnesota
Northern Flights Wild Bird Store
Just 96 miles from the Canadian border!
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On Oct 31, 2006, at 3:54 PM, Jim Williams wrote:
> The Pine Sawyer beetles were the main attraction several years ago
> at a Red Pine plantation burn in central Douglas County, Wisconsin.
> Black-backed Woodpeckers were plentiful for several months after
> the fire was out, feeding on the larvae of this beetle. Three-toed
> Woodpeckers also were seen on the burn, although in much smaller
> numbers. Someone on a WDNR burn crew told me that the beetles often
> arrived before a fire was out. The woodpeckers also, apparently,
> followed the smoke. I don't know how else so many of them would
> have located that particular beetle-infested site.
>
> Perhaps some of you recall a fire some years ago near Thunder Bay
> that also attracted large numbers of these two woodpecker species,
> particularly Black-backed. This fire covered several tens of
> thousands of acres. A woodpecker count was taken in one area, that
> total extrapolated over the entire burn. As I recall, it was
> estimated that as many as 20,000 Black-backed Woodpeckers could
> have been present if the saturation of the entire burn matched that
> of the count area.
>
> An aside: when the larvae hatched and the beetles were chewing
> their way out of the pines, you could clearly hear the munching
> sound they made. You also could see small piles of sawdust, from
> the beetles excavation efforts, at the base of the trees from which
> they had emerged.
>
> Jim Williams
> Wayzata
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Williams wrote:</DIV><BR class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE =
type=3D"cite"><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">The Pine Sawyer beetles were the =
main attraction several years ago at a Red Pine plantation burn in =
central Douglas County, Wisconsin. Black-backed Woodpeckers were =
plentiful for several months after the fire was out, feeding on the =
larvae of this beetle. Three-toed Woodpeckers also were seen on the =
burn, although in much smaller numbers. Someone on a WDNR burn crew told =
me that the beetles often arrived before a fire was out. The woodpeckers =
also, apparently, followed the smoke. I don't know how else so many of =
them would have located that particular beetle-infested site.</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Perhaps =
some of you recall a fire some years ago near Thunder Bay that also =
attracted large numbers of these two woodpecker species, particularly =
Black-backed. This fire covered several tens of thousands of acres. A =
woodpecker count was taken in one area, that total extrapolated over the =
entire burn. As I recall, it was estimated that as many as 20,000 =
Black-backed Woodpeckers could have been present if the saturation of =
the entire burn matched that of the count area.</DIV><DIV =
style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; =
margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">An =
aside: when the larvae hatched and the beetles were chewing their way =
out of the pines, you could clearly hear the munching sound they made. =
You also could see small piles of sawdust, from the beetles excavation =
efforts, at the base of the trees from which they had emerged.</DIV><DIV =
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margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: =
0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Jim =
Williams</DIV><DIV style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; =
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">Wayzata</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>=
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