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25 May
PK FW BK RD 4 eggs
5
L 20.13
W 15.37
WT 2.0g
remarks heavy pipped, tiny acci dentally open
6
L 20.25
W 16.06
WT 2.50g
remarks heavy shells are very fragile may have cracked with caliper pressure
all eggs into portable hot pack styrofoam carrier at 0842 h
T = 31°C. Arrive Truckee 1226 hours Temperature of portable incubator = 32°C. 1303 hours eggs removed to transfer to nests T = 31.5°C.
Sagehen Field Station
PK FW BK RD 4
14/16 hours transfer complete, Egg 5 hatched en route I put hatchling with cracked shell into nest. Hatchling was begging for food. Time from portable incubator to nest was 1 hour
* Transfer #1
From Russell 2 eggs from PK FW BK RD ♀ and BL BK ♂ were transferred to Sagehen nest of YL/RO WH/FW ♂ as unmarked ♀
5 eggs in YL/RO WH/FW's nest labeled with a wh
1 wh
L 18.94
W 15.18
WT 1.75g
remarks red/horny
2 wh
L 18.23
W 14.11
WT 1.50g
light
3 wh
L 17.90
W 15.15
WT 2.00g
light
4 wh
L 19.20
W 14.42
WT 1.75g
med/light very different marks much more blue at pt than others
5 wh
L 18.47
W 14.44
WT 1.75g
med/horny