1. Here is a video of a Pileated scaling some bark.
Looks pretty tightly adhered to me!
2. Compare the scaling in the video above to the Choctawhatchee scaling here.
3. Note this excerpt from Hill et al:Although Pileated Woodpeckers obtain food by scaling bark, they apparently do so primarily on trees with loosely adhering bark...
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The pictures of scaling at the Choctawhatchee are fascinating. Did Tanner ever document that IBWO often leaves coins behind at their scaling sites?
I think there is a good chance there is and never was a discernable difference between PIWO and IBWO bark scaling and nest holes.
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