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2004 Walter D Conning
Melanupes formicivorus
MPHF
HWHR
12 Sept 1430. Nest! 2 kids, ~15 do, in old hole
up toward Upper PHF.
Measured their 3rd primaries (see back)
20 Sept 1330. Banded the 2 kids!
23 Sept. 1330. Measured the kids again.
24 Sept. 1430. Ambushed a 8 helper (83624) feeding; then
got blood from him & the kids. Also measured
Then again.
for Stable isotopes.
1st 2nd 3rd
(4019) shaft 18 18 10
Whole 46 42 76
(4020) Shaft 18 22 18
Whole 35 27 72
25 Sept 1400. Checked nest again. 4019 was gone,
presumably fledged!
(4020) shaft 23 19 20
Whole 38 23.6 76
82 04 2lowW P10Y
S01=300 Epip
[illegible]
11 21 81 [illegible] (5)
80 (21) PS slowW 050Y
BP=SW