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Picidae
W. Willow Woodpecker
Date May 8 1923
Set No. 14/5
Gourds. 344C
Locs. Arroyo Seco Oak.
Sub commenced embryos just started
Colby Aldin D'Willis
Nest in stub 8 ft up nestswod.
Rms. There were three birds,
attending the nest apparently
two females and one male. When
the male bird would call the
bird sitting presumably a female
flew away to him meanwhile
another female female would
come and peep into and
inspect the hole and would
immediately get the attention.
When the two other birds
returned there would be a
grand fight and chase
thru the trees all birds
mixing up. Thus one would
return to the nest and web
thus a somewhat somewhat
similar process would
reoccur latter or taking
the set after the birds had
cleared either from the hole
cut in two days before
the desertion of from a
community quarrel it was
found that two eggs were of
a large type while three were