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1976 Walter D. Koenig
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Melanerpes formicivorus
Haystack-Blomquist Nest Record Hastings Reservation
3 May 1350 First activity at nest - no eggs 4 May 1300
9 May 1800 ♂ flushed from hole; 2 eggs present
10 May 915 Still 2 eggs, measured:
① 24.9 × 19.1 ② 23.8 × 19.2
Nobody in hole when I passed.
13 May 900 4 eggs: ③ 24.9 × 19.6 ④ 25.1 × 19.5
[illegible] 22 May Estimated hatching date
26 May 1030 Nest checked: 3 babies; no trace of 4th
→300 →301
① B? - wh(n) ② LB (③)
[4] 26 May 1030 19.3 " / 22 13.8 10/20 7.2 8/18
[6] 7 June 1230 80.3 15/14 65.9 10/8 -
16 June 1330 93.4 11/27/88 90.8 11/12/84
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