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1981 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Haystack-Blonquist Nest Record
Hastings Reservation
8 May 1030
5 eggs (1 with hairline crack
but still ok)
15 May 1650
5 eggs.
22 May 1400
3 babies, 2 larger than the
3rd 1 unhatched egg
(the one w/ the hairline crack-
(it developed but didn't hatch)
9 June 1400
Nest empty, failed
18 June 1400
New hole found: 4 eggs.
26 June 745
3 babies, no sign of 4th egg
3 babies added from Buckeye
711 712
DB-LP DB
① ② ③ Buckeye babies (whom head)
④ wRW ⑤ wLW ⑥ wBack
26 June 745(8.3) 7.6 4.2 2.5 2.7 2.5
28 June 840 16.7 14.2 4.3 - - -
18 July 1700 69.4 (79) 70.1 (73) -