Nature is full of surprises.
Woodpeckerswho use their beaks to excavate tree trunksare known to peck holes into the siding of houses.
They just kept coming and coming, nonstop, Castrosaid.
Acorns were thought to be only about a quarter of the way up the wall.
Turned out, they were piled high up to the attic of the house.
The full amount of acorns ended up being 700 pounds in total, filling eight large trash bags.
I never saw anything like that before, he added.
The structure had been damaged by a woodpecker, who created holes in the house’s siding.
Castro drilled a hole in the wall and was shocked by what he found.
700 pounds worth of acorns that the woodpecker had stashed away came pouring out.
