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I have two Palo Breas that are looking bad.  They have marks in the bark that look like bug damage.  Each mark is about 1-3" long and 2 millimeters wide.  The bark is chewed away and the whitish underlayer can be seen.  No bugs are obvious.  I have read online that these symptoms could also be from too much water.  I just fixed about 4 leaks in my drip system and the soil is saturated.  

Question Number 2.  What are the birds getting at on these trees in the summer?  I have seen neighbor's trees badly damaged along the trunk from bird damage.