Field notes, v1617
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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