I suspect - -

[Ron Evers]

- this is the work of a Pileated wood pecker.

 

[Woodsman]

Sure is. Sadly there was a dead on the main road outside our woods the other day. They do have a habit of flying low.

 

[snowbear]

- this is the work of a Pileated wood pecker.

That or a very big woodboring beetle!

Nice find. Staking it out foe the culprit to return?

 

[spiralout462]

They are certainly beasts! They are equipped with a hammer drill!