Field notes, v4514
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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