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Pileated Woodpecker vs. Stump
A pileated woodpecker devoted considerable attention to debugging the remains of a stump in our front yard:

Pileated Woodpecker – front yard stump It’s surely a descendant of this one, eleven years ago:

Pileated woodpecker If you’re willing to wait a decade or so, a stump pretty much falls apart on its own, meanwhile providing habitat for critters both great and small.
Update: By popular demand, a slightly pixelated pileated woodpecker:

Pileated Woodpecker – front yard stump – pixelated