Not sure exactly who's handiwork/beakwork/mouthwork this is, but certainly looks like hieroglyphics on a totem pole. I think the hole is courtesy of a tree swallow, or perhaps a smallish woodpecker. The curvy lines, I assume, are the trails of some sort of insect boring its way through the wood, gaining sustenance along the way.
Seen along the Yakima River at Elk Meadows Park.
I've seen those very markings--actually on firewood cut locally! Took me a minute to place them.
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