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JOSEPH HAYDOCK
MELANERPEs FORMICIVOROUS
Los Arbolitos
HNHR
9 May
11:20 Obs. continued
? / ?
I-BLUE-D-BLUE/RED-BLUE ♀ enters.
11:59 ♀ lv.
12:15 End obs.
13 May.
11:30 8 eggs, ♀ flew from rest
① 25.4x19.0 ④ 24.3x19.6 ⑦ 24.6x17.5
② 20.5x17.5 ⑤ 24.3x19.5 ⑧ 26.5x18.5
③ 26.5x18.6 ⑥ 24.7x18.8
Note: 1-4 measured on 6 May too.
9 June
13:00 - Banded/bled 5 nestlings w/ Wait.
13 Aug.
15:15 - Arrived to set ambush, 5 birds flushed
from hole including ? , ? [2095]. Set
ambush, but nobody returned to roost.
14 Aug
10:05 - fixed ambush so that it could not fall. Will
try again in a few days.
1995
1 April
10:50 - No birds seen in a hole.
17 April
11:20 Nobody seen in a hole. Good supply of acorns
in granary by road.
27 April
(PM) Charred hole - Nobody seen.
6 May
12:15 - 2 eggs - Not incubated; cool. Saw bird fly
from near/in hole as I approached.
9 May
15:15 Seggs - Warm, bird flew from hole.
12 May
14:30 Seggs - Warm. Measured①: 24.9x18.7
11 June
14:30 Banded/bird 3 nestlings, Some acorns in
granary locked along road.