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1979 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Road 3 Nest Record
11 May 1030
New hole discovered - bird
incubating
Opened: 3 eggs, Marked: (fresh)
① 25.4 x 20.7 (did not hatch)
② 26.2 x 19.7
③ 25.8 x 20.6 (hatched)
1430
12 May 1500
Still 3 eggs.
23 May 1100
Two babies and 1 opaque but unhatched
egg (#1)
#490
① Mauve-DB
② Bm-Dr
#491
23 May 1100
13.8
15.3 2 healed punctures in belly
26 May 1000
ok
ok
egg gone.
12 June (40D) (wt wc) 98.8 89
93.6 89
Featheron crown slightly further along than #490