Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4452
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2002 2003 2004 Walter D Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold 1 HNHR 12 March Lots of acorns stored here. 12 April Still many stores. 12 June Still stores. Still no sign of a nest. 2003 3 April Power struggle up here today! 17 April 165. Bird in traditional (high) hole. 19 April 1100. Checked the (high) hole: empty. 21 April Bird in the (high) hole again! 30 May Still stores, no one in a hole (but at least birds were up near the old nest hole). 12 June 1630. A possible nest here? See Keep Out notes. Meanwhile, I checked the (high) hole just in case: it's still empty. 11 June Michelle watched at The nest, and it is Arnold1. Incest?? (No - Kout 85 here now) 18 June 1730. Nest empty. Tagged #5818. Stores? Yes; definitely. 2004 10 August !Ceranamy was fallen! It's history. This is since Catherine's last census in July. Leaves are brown so it wasn't in the last week or so. No telling what they might do here.