Weird paint issue?

[Woogie]

I was waxing Max for the first time when I noticed a couple of what looked like little specks of tree sap or something on the paint. Basically a little raised bump that was gooey on the inside. Once it came off, there was a little round, rust colored dot underneath, about 1mm across. It doesn't appear to be rust, since it's not rough at all. I can't feel any difference between the dot and the paint surface, and not even a clay bar will take it off. Also, they're both in places that aren't usually hit by rocks. One is over the driver's side door, and the other is on the driver's side fender, just over the wheel well.

There's a couple of pine trees at my work that sometimes drip sap, and I had some dripping on my Corolla, but it never caused any isses with the paint on the car. None of the other cars that park in the same driveway at home have this problem either.

They aren't rock chips, of that I'm sure. I showed them to one of the service department employees at the local dealer, and he was mystified as well.

[Woogie]

No one's ever seen anything like this?

[XterraVersa]

Pine tar will stain if it is allowed to cook on the paint for a while. You can polish it out. The new enviro friendly clear coat paints stain easier than older cars.

[KKaWing]

Its been one hell of a winter here, the V is well protected by a really thick salt crust, courtesy of the city. I do have a huge pine tree out front and I park underneath it, so maybe I'd have something to say about this in the summer.

[Woogie]

Like I said, these are teeny tiny marks, about 1mm across and so far always round. I don't think it's coming from pine sap. I've had pine sap on my car before (both my old Corolla and the V) and it didn't leave a mark like that. I'll try the polishing though.