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1980 R.L. Munne
Melanerpes formicivorus
Finch
(12 June) a juvenile calling from PO hill sap tree, a Live Oak (of course) riddled with sap holes. Very little sap flowing at the moment (cool overcast), and << 5% of the wells were wet.
The sap tree is sparsely foliaged, straight up the little draw that comes up the road in between Finch and Road 3.
18 June 4 babies at 1830,
#1 Yellow-Black 33.1 g
#2 L Pink-D Blue 30.8 g
#3 Orange - (Blue 36.2 g
#4 NB 21.0 g
20 June a quick pass, ♂501 feeding Juv542, with aggression.
Dominate!
21 June Start watch 0900 ♂501 feeds J541! 0920, Dominant!
JDon→ J543 D6-ton/DBlue " " was really dishing it out to I believe
J540 Dgreen/LPink! 0945, ♀500 chases J542 from granary. /Not very nice! 0950, J543 pecks
JDon→ J541 hard twice, ♂ nearby!! Repeated once more
1110, ♀500 chases J542 out of granary again. By granary, I mean the VO granary on the downstream side of the bridge. End 1100, A complete census, save for ♂63.
Jdon→ On the way down I get ♂63, plus juv. 542 dominating 2 different juveniles, neither of which I saw the body of.
24 June Start 0800. 0825, ♀500 harvests a green acorn! How about that, a little incipient nub of a Valley Oak acorn. 0900, Cooper's Hawk, ♀293 plus others give alarm calls.
0930, ♀500 chases Juv 542 from old nest tree (sycamore) granary twice. Hard pecks, grappling, etc. However, B1K-Toll