This is too creepy not to share!



Definitely a spring thing!

Birches produce loads of sap in early spring (just before the buds start opening) - it is even harvested, a small incision or a broken twig is enough to get bottles full of it.

So sometimes a tree gets cut around this time of the year, and the sap releasing happens all across the cut, a huge surface compared to a small incision! This one must have been oozing for weeks, with the weather getting constantly warmer. It was quite smelly.