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94 JOSEPH HAVDOCK
915
MELANERPE FORMICIVOROUS
REFUTE 1
HNHR
April 12 Checked new cavity- Nobody answered "hello"
I Also checked old cavity same tree - no birds)
Above done on tour w/ Walt K.
April 17 7:34 Checked cavities- 2 birds left tree as I approached
no am. No answer to "hello". Some stores remaining
April 21 8:20 Bird in hole (?) (left tree at hole height as I walk around)
One other, nd. in tree. In branch facing down
Cation, hole faces SW.
10 May 12:30 Nest failed - no eggs or nestlings
12 May 9:30 2 bird flew from tree - but I did not
see anybody fly from a hole. Climbed up and
found 2 eggs! A new nest??
14 May 11:30 4 eggs now!
① 24.0 x 19.2 ③ 25.0 x 19.8
② 23.9 x 19.7 ④ 24.1 x 18.8
14 August 8:10 - Checked holes, nobody seen, no stores of
acorns remain in this years nest tree,
1995.
1 April 9:10 - checked holes - saw nobody.
18 April 12:00. Nobody seen in a hole.
23 April 2:30- 5 eggs, 2 developing; 3 no development
Measured 1 egg: 25.6 x 20.1
28 April (pm) 5 eggs - checked by Walt: (Bird in hole,
May 2 [illegible] ; [illegible] .