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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.