Typically acorn woodpeckers harvest nuts in dead trees, though sometimes they find unusual storage spots.
Over 700 pounds of acorns were discovered inside the chimney of a California home before being removed by an exterminator.Woodpeckers stacked over 700 pounds of acorns 20 to 25 feet high in a California home’s chimney.
Santa Rosa exterminator Nick Castro made the discovery during a December vacation rental inspection for mealworms in Glen Ellen, California, according to “I’ve never seen anything like that,” Castro, owner of, told the outlet. “The more acorns I pulled out from the wall, the more there were. It felt like it wasn’t going to end.”
A pair of acorn woodpeckers, known for hoarding large amounts of acorns, had pecked holes in the two-story home’s chimney stack, Castro told the Press Democrat.When woodpeckers stashed acorns behind the house's trim and destroyed its wood siding, the prior owners wrapped the house in vinyl, which ultimately failed to prevent these advantageous woodpeckers from claiming the house for free oak nuts storage.
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