Strange tree/animal problem

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Strange tree/animal problem Dave 07-15-2006
Posted by Dave on July 15, 2006, 9:02 am
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Over the past few days, I have observed a number of twigs & branches from
one of the maple (Acer L.) tree's in my yard scattered about the yard. They appear to
be cut at an angle but it is not a shear cut, more ragged. I suspect an
animal is doing this and am looking for a way to stop it. I have no idea
what animal is involved. I live in a rural subdivision. I have not seen
this occur before and none of my neighbor's are experiencing it. Any clues
what animal might be causing this and how I can prevent it?

Dave



Posted by Carolyn on July 16, 2006, 8:04 am
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Squirrels. They do the same to my sunburst (Pseudobahia Rydb.) locust (Gleditsia L.) tree. They break off
small branches to make a nest sometimes. I don't know how you can prevent
it. Maybe that is nature's way of natural pruning? :-)

> Over the past few days, I have observed a number of twigs & branches from
> one of the maple (Acer L.) tree's in my yard scattered about the yard. They appear
> to be cut at an angle but it is not a shear cut, more ragged. I suspect
> an animal is doing this and am looking for a way to stop it. I have no
> idea what animal is involved. I live in a rural subdivision. I have not
> seen this occur before and none of my neighbor's are experiencing it. Any
> clues what animal might be causing this and how I can prevent it?
>
> Dave
>



Posted by on July 16, 2006, 10:21 am
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Carolyn wrote:
> Squirrels. They do the same to my sunburst (Pseudobahia Rydb.) locust (Gleditsia L.) tree. They break off
> small branches to make a nest sometimes. I don't know how you can prevent
> it. Maybe that is nature's way of natural pruning? :-)
>
> > Over the past few days, I have observed a number of twigs & branches from
> > one of the maple tree's in my yard scattered about the yard. They appear
> > to be cut at an angle but it is not a shear cut, more ragged. I suspect
> > an animal is doing this and am looking for a way to stop it. I have no
> > idea what animal is involved. I live in a rural subdivision. I have not
> > seen this occur before and none of my neighbor's are experiencing it. Any
> > clues what animal might be causing this and how I can prevent it?
> >
> > Dave
> >


I agree it's likely squirrels builidng a nest, thought they do tend to
make a very clean cut. In any event, I wouldn't worry about it, as it
won't harm the tree.


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