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2003 Walter D Koernig
4
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lower Haystack
HNNR
(28 April) work, it could be used again. (All but The bottom
foot or so had fallen.)
17 May 915. Checked The fixup-old hole in The granny.
Looks nice, but it's empty.
21 May 1730. Bird in a (new) hole in The crappy 2°
snag! Will need a ladder for it, I fear.
22 May 1400. Bird in the new hole again: opened it up.
6 fresh eggs; hole tagged #5805. ① 25.8 × 19.0.
② 26.1 × 19.8 ③ 25.8 × 19.7 ④ 25.0 × 19.6 ⑤ 25.3 × 19.4
⑥ 24.9 × 19.6,
3 June 1615. Still 6 eggs - fertile at least.
8 June 1300. Well I'm not sure what prompted me
to say the eggs were fertile on the 3rd (because
now all 6 are still in there, but 5 clearly did
not develop and the 6th seems to have a hairline
crack and be all dried out. Sheesh! There was
woone in the hole, and I removed the eggs,
which are clearly going nowhere. Lots of
stores left, at least!
I opened that 6th egg - it was mostly dried up
but did have a sac with a smallish embryo in it,
so it (at least) was fertile.
14 June 715. Bitch over here.
3 July 1400. Bird in hole: 2 kids, 3-4 do + 3 infertile
eggs ① 24.7 × 20.1 ② 24.5 × 20.0 ③ 25.2 × 19.17. Lots
of stores still here.
29 Sept Lots (relatively) of stars here, some even fresh!