The acorn woodpecker is the only bird that can eat chestnuts and acorns. These birds hide the seeds in the cracks of tree bark. Squirrels will raid the bird's hiding spots and in turn hide the seeds on the ground. Most of the seeds are eventually eaten but a few grow into large chestnut and oak trees.
Spruce-hungry beetle escapes afflicted park
Spruce-hungry beetle escapes afflicted park A beetle, the brown spruce longhorn beetle, which
destroys spruce trees, has migrated from the Point Pleasant Park in
Halifax to outlying areas where it is busy invading and killing
more trees. 20 JUNE 2000
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