a freshly cut half section of a ponderosa pine trunk, swarming with ants which were nesting in the rotten core

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   Akkana Peck (akkana@fosstodon.org)'s status on Wednesday, 09-Oct-2024 03:19:05 JST Akkana Peck

   Spent the morning cutting and moving a big ponderosa that had fallen after standing dead for a few years. One section of the core had rotted out and was apparently being used by an ant colony. We let those sections sit after cutting. Hopefully the ants will find somewhere else to move their colony.

   Another dead section had the remains of a baby bird who apparently didn't manage to leave the nest.