What happens to holes in trees is that they give entrance for water to get in there and rot the tree from the inside out, and for squirrels to get in there and build nests. Three of the trees that have fallen on my property had gigantic squirrel nests inside the gigantic cavities that resulted from tiny little holes.

The tree that fell on our balcony had a cavity that was probably 10 feet long. It was long enough that 6 or 7 squirrels could sit inside it huddled in the back while we were slicing the tree from the top (about 18" diameter) and we didn't even know it. When we finally got too close for comfort, the squirrels started shooting out, jumping OVER THE SAW BLADE, one by one! It was quite a startling event and hilarious. Each slice brought out a new squirrel!

Can you imagine being that last hold-out squirrel, waiting for the very last minute before jumping out over a roaring saw blade?

Karen