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1976 Walter D Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
21
(27 October) heard a scream from the net and looking briefly up
saw a flash of white which I presumed to be a Magpie.
I walked past the Live Oak and looking up again
to a burst of activity saw a Rat-shouldered Hawk in
the net immediately below a Woodpecker, who was
in fact the one making all the noise! I burst
over, but by the time I got to the strings the hawk had
disengaged himself, leaving the screaming woodpecker,
who was losing a few feathers and looked as though
he had been attacked. I pulled the net down (it
got hung up and was totally destroyed in the process,
not aiding the bird any), and removed the bird, who
was rather ruffled and bleeding slightly on the wing
and by the thigh, but was strong and apparently had
not suffered anything more than some scratches from
the net. He was an unwrung & and was processed as
#322.
Still looking strong and well, he was released at 1400.
29 October
1510. ♀16 here; chased nuthatch.
1520. ♂6 came with acorn.
1530. ♀261 went down to get a drink at the sport.
1540 leaving
let us hope the newly banded bird made it through his ordeal.
As for stores, there are lots, but I think they are uncountable.
9 November
1030. Watching.
1035. An unb bird just got chased from the locust.
1040. ♂6. ♀ 0-10th-LP#16. ♀ D8-CP/D8#261 here also. All working stores.
1110. The absence of #259 is certain. The presence of #322 questionable