1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus School Hill Nest Record Hastings Reservation 8 May 1000 Activity first noted around hole 1615: Opened - 4 eggs: ① 29.6 × 21.4 (1) moderately dirty ② 24.3 × 18.9 clean (laid today, probably) ③ 24.1 × 19.1 quite filthy ④ 24.4 × 19.3 Nobody flushed from hole: incubation not yet begun 9 May 1515. 5 eggs: ⑤ 24.4 × 19.2 mm 10 May 1700 5 eggs, unchanged. 16 May 1015 5 eggs, unchanged. Egg #1 not opaque 19 May 1415 5 eggs, unchanged. Egg #( partially opaque. 20 May 840 1 feeble set of squeekers heard; hatching begun ① LP 296 ② Red 297 ③ Or 298 ④ LG 299 #1 egg not hatched [5] 21 May 1400 7.2 -14.5 5.9 -14 9.1 -115 8.3 -115 → [3] 23 May 1230 13.2 9/18 9.3 8/12 17.0 10/20 12.1 9/15 #1 egg removed [5] 25 May 1600 20.5 12/23 15.0 9/19 28.0 12/25 18.8 11/22 [7] 27 May 1330 30.2 13/28 23.0 13/23 38.9 16/33 24.7 13/26 [10] 30 May (1000) 41.2 18/37 30.4 14/30 48.4 20/41 31.9 16/33 [12] 1 June 1130 54.9 22/45 41.2 16/35 61.0 24/49 41.8 19/38 [14] 3 June 1645 64.9 27/55/31 5/2 52.5 29/62/35 8/8 69.4 29/45 50.9 [16] 5 June 1415 75.3 -1/68/59 11/6 61.5 41- 78.0 -1/75/42 13/13 60.2 27/57/29 4/- [17] 8 June 1115 83.5 -1/89/57 23/16 71.1 31/68/38 12/10 84.2 1/59 27/23 65.0 35/23/43 12/5 [21] 10 June 1200 85.5 38/101/67 35/22 72.8 34/77/45 18/16 89.8 42/106/70 38/30 75.2 37/82/51 20/13 13 June 1500 91.4 -1/123/80 50/81 83.1 32/126 92.2 55/38 88.0 1/88/65 84/20 15 June 1200 85.1 63/36 87.3 44/35 83.9 66/45 84.2 46/25 For measures, see Journal 1976, p.42