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1977 Walter D. Koenig
3
Melanerpes fomcicivorus
Lower Haystack Nest Record Hastings Reservation
4 May 1130.
1630
Bird seen in hole.
Hole opened, 5 eggs, opaque and
warm:
① 27.0 × 18.8 most
opaque
② 27.5 × 19.4 not quite as
opaque as #1
③ 29.4 × 19.1 " as #2
④ 28.3 × 19.3 " as #3
⑤ 27.1 × 17.6 translucent
Pretty similar in opacity.
12 May 1015
Birds have hatched.
17 May 1300
4 babies measured, no trace of (egg?)
① Drn-Or ③91
② LP ③92
③ Dr-LB ③93
④ Wh-Mawe ③90
17 May 1300
30.7 14/11.3 33.3 15/12.1 26.9 13/11.2 20.9 12/10.6 MARK
5 June 1100
89.3 23.5/76/40 92.9 25.0/21/45 82.1 24.8/50/30 92.6 24.9/48/31
ent. FED = 26 April