Pete Tillman
Big fallen Monterey pine, Fiscalini Preserve, Cambria
Spotted on my walk out, just after sunset. Log was horizontal and it had been a large tree. MP deadfalls typically rot pretty quickly (termites), but this one didn't . The horizontal slots -- who knows? Critter(s). Holes were maybe 1/2 or 3/4 in x 2.5 to 2 in long. Not typical woodpecker holes, in my experience.* Looks like 2 or 3 'species' of lichens(?) -- the pale green might be algae. Anyway, the patterns and anomalous preservation are what caught my eye.
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* Then again, when this was a living tree, those slots would have been vertical (as was the tree!)
Big fallen Monterey pine, Fiscalini Preserve, Cambria
Spotted on my walk out, just after sunset. Log was horizontal and it had been a large tree. MP deadfalls typically rot pretty quickly (termites), but this one didn't . The horizontal slots -- who knows? Critter(s). Holes were maybe 1/2 or 3/4 in x 2.5 to 2 in long. Not typical woodpecker holes, in my experience.* Looks like 2 or 3 'species' of lichens(?) -- the pale green might be algae. Anyway, the patterns and anomalous preservation are what caught my eye.
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* Then again, when this was a living tree, those slots would have been vertical (as was the tree!)