Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4444
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28 Jan. Kept in a plastic bag, many of the acorns picked from the "Big-leaved" oak at the Alden barranca spot sprouted. (Picked 17 Jan) I discarded those that had sprouted by today assuming: they were essentially undamaged by insects Sprouted Not yet sprouted 10 10 20 10 10 10 7 57 TOTAL 77 76 The 20 that had not yet sprouted and 20 of those that had (total) were kept. 40 6 Feb. Of the 40, 26 had now sprouted The 14 that didn't sprout split were split Giving a total of 57 6 63 sprouts 14 no sprouts 82% viability Minimum The other 9 looked O.K. 94% Max viability