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2000
2001
2002
Walter Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Road 1
HNHR
18 April
1240. Bird in the hole where we presumably missed the
nest last year. Still stores here.
19 April
1050. Checked hole (#297): 7 eggs, fresh. (EHD: 28
April). Measured 3: 25.8×19.7; 26.1×19.6; 26.0×19.8.
2 May
830. Checked nut: 6 babies - 1 on way out + collected.
No unhatched eggs. Kids ~ 3-4 do. Band ~ 19 May.
19 May
1200. Banded the 5 babies here. [illegible].
5 Sept.
No stores left. None in holes
2001
12 April
1245. Bird in usual hole (#297): 4 eggs, fresh.
(EHD 22 April).
23 April
1530. 1 egg hatched, 3 to go. Band ~ 14 May.
Measured 2 eggs: ① 24.9×19.5 ② 24.3×19.5.
14 May
1100. Banded the 3 kids (#3402-3404),
5 June
1130. Bird in (same) hole: 2 fresh eggs.
Measured then: ① 25.2×20.5 ② 24.8×19.8.
11 June
1600. 5 eggs: ③ 25.7×20.4 ④ 26.3×19.5
⑤ 25.3×20.3. Should hatch ~ 6/17.
2002
22 May
Out of stores, best I can tell. Still roost
in a hole.
6 June
830. I found a new hole in their normal Valley Oak
That they roosted in last night so I opened it
today: empty + relatively new.