Hey Joey
Noticed the bark eaten off the trees along Washington St. in the
Riverdale section of Gloucester near Wheeler St.
Best Anthony
WHATS EATING THE BARK ? – photos From Anthony Marks
My View of Life on the Dock
My View of Life on the Dock
Hey Joey
Noticed the bark eaten off the trees along Washington St. in the
Riverdale section of Gloucester near Wheeler St.
Best Anthony
Good Morning Gloucester 
Beaver maybe. Does it have gnaw marks?
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No gnaw marks its smooth.
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Rabbits. They need to munch on bark until they can get some greens again.
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I would love to know what is eating it. I hope some of your readers can enlighten us.o
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I have rabbits eating the bark of my trees. I have watched them.
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It could very well be rabbits
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The deer, they have nothing else. We’ve had two on the Mill River in the last few days.
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Rabbits ate the bark off my little apple tree… the parts they could get to, anyway. They left their “calling card” so I’m sure it was rabbits.
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Mass Audubon told us it’s deer who eat the bark like that.
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Hungry for sure! 🙂 Dave & Kim 🙂
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I’ve seen deer climb as high as they can reach to get bark.
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Deer. They have nothing else. A bale of hay would save the trees and the deer. Its been a harsh winter for nature. Theres nothing worse than seeing starving deer.
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I’ve seen deer eating my apple tree bark …Look for droppings around area..that may tell you.
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I have the same thing in E.Gloucster but feel sure it is NOT deer..it is only willows that have bee eaten and no foot prints that could have been deer..the bark was eaten rather low down so maybe yes to rabbits or possibly a muskrat?/which I think lives in a pond nearby??
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Speaking to fisherman Mark Plakowitz who lives up in the woods of New Hampshire, he tells me it’s rabbits or mice and the term for what is happening is “girdling” . He tells me that nurserys sell a wrap that goes around the base of the tree which prevents the animals from girdling it.
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