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2003 Wallford Kenny
Meleornipes famocerarus
Keep Out
HNHR
10 May
1000. Bird in the hole just up from the turnaround
(i.e., in KeepOut area, not over at Fanny Arnold).
Checked it: 4 eggs, a couple days incubated.
However, the odd thing was that 3 of them
(at least) had small punctures in the shell, and
will surely not develop. (Looks like a good
candidate for a transplant from the experimental
LODO eggs). They are: ① 24.8 × 19.8 ② 26.8 × 19.6
③ 24.9 × 19.2, and ④ 25.3 × 18.7. 1,2,4 had
punctures; 3 may have also but I didn't notice one.
4 June
1330. Banded The 1 kid here.
10 June
1630. Walking by the tree down near the road just
down from the next tree (see back) I flushed
a bird from a hole, which I opened to find
2 incubated (almost hatching, if they're going
to hatch) eggs! (① 24.1 × 18.7 ② 250 × 19.7).
This may not be Keep Out - perhaps it Arnold 1?
Hard to tell. It's in the same tree that Big Tree
nested in a few times long ago.
11 June
Michelle watched the nest, which is A1's.
10 July
1130. Bird in nest hole. Checked it: 4 eggs, partly
incubated! Heavens! ① 24.8 × 19.4 ② 240 × 19.3
③ 24.6 × 19.5 ④ 24.0 × 18.9.
15 July
1900. Still 4 eggs, warm and incubated!