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94 JOSEPH HAYDOCK
MELANERPE S FORMICIVOROUS
OK CORRAL
HNHR
12 April 9:50 Checked cavities- no birds answered
many stores remaining.
13 April Mate guarding observation attempt w/ Walt.
Started accross valley-too far to observe id's.
I thought I saw 2 ?'s ?'s at same time
but distance too far to be sure.
Moved accross, closer to main gramey tree.
9:20 ?/? mt lnd-wt [2136]
10:10 Walt saw 2333, 2332
10:20 ?/? mt dgr-nd [2333]
11:02 dgr-nd/dgr [2333]
Breeder males and other breeder ? never seen.
Birds spending some time in bottom of canyon-possibly
in sycamore.
11:05 End obs.
19:00 Watched to roast from accross valley to N.
? Birds@Yastseen an east side of gramey, (18:45)
Unable to see where they went to roost. Probably
3 birds in terr.- saw one fly to gramey, than two
more shortly later, but had lost track of first.
15 April Watched to roost. No birds seen to go to either
of two trees above main gramey.
11 May 10:10 Nobody seen in a hole.
8 June 14:30 checked holes in main gramey- no
one observed. Watched from west side on hillside.-
Hear birds to N. of gramey. Ind flies from gramey
to dead tree N of gramey located close to top of ridge (200)
(200m from gramey)