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2003 Walfrid Koenig
2004 Melanerpes formicivorus
Calin
(27 May) Calin's! I'm setting an ambush tonight
and we'll see who we get.
2004
3 May 1030. Bird in hole up here (used by Upper Barn
last year). Checked it: in good shape but empty.
(Cavity tag #100.)
21 May 1800. Bird in hole (tag #100): 4 freshush
eggs! Wonder who this is? ① 23.9 × 18.7
② 23.4 × 17.8 ③ 24.2 × 19.5 ④ 25.2 × 19.0.
30 May 1230. After Justyn reported some feather
sticking out of the hole were I came
and investigated. The hole did indeed
have the remains of a bird: a ♂, with
Mawe/1142-19663 on one leg—presumably
[illegible]—a helper at Plaque. He was well
carved over by the ants, who totally
infested this tree. Beneath him was 1 egg,
so I guess they never hatched.
If ever a bird may have been overcome by
ants (while roosting?) this would be the
place! SHI need to know who the ♂ is here.