Haven't seen anything like that, but it's a big excretion of hardening sap. Maybe in a million years that could've been a big chunk of priceless amber...... :)

Did it dissolve from the water or did the chunk come off? I’m not sure sap would dissolve easily.

tj

Tj,

I blasted it off with high pressure. It didn't come off easy. Did not dissolve. Was beginng to harden.

I found another spot only smaller on the back side of the tree.

Some sources say bark borer.

I checked the holes with a thin wire and none of them had any depth to them or seemed to have a tunnel. No soft spots in the bark.

Could be there's so many holes from the SS that tree might be reacting to that, idk.

The only thing I can do is wait and see.

Probably Zimmerman Pine moth, attracted by the sapsucker damage. Photo below shows signs of sapsucker.

Thanks Larry.

I looked it up (reseached it) and I won't do all the poisons recommended.

It is what it is and I'll just watch it and use the removal process if it gets that bad.