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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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1981 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lower Haystack Nest Record
3 May 630
1050
8 May
9 May 600
10 May ?
" 1117
11 May 600
11 May
12 May 606-632
" 759
13 May 630
14 May
15 May
Hastings Regeneration
9523 laid egg ('80 hole)
egg tossed by 8307
9524 laid nunt egg
in roosthole
9524 laid in '80 hole
① 25.9 × 20.4
Bird [9524 we presume] laid in
roost hole: 26.0 × 21.1
Egg in '80 hole (laid by 9524)
tossed by 9523.
9524 laid again in '80 hole:
① 26.0 × 21.0
Gone by late afternoon; most
likely tossed between 1300-1600.
9524 laid: 26.7 × 20.8
Tossed by 9523 (and eaten)
Both birds laid:
① 21.4 × 17.3
② 26.8 × 20.8
Both birds laid again:
③ 26.4 × 20.3 (9523)
④ 27.3 × 25.0 (9524)
presumed)
Only 1 egg laid (9523)
⑤ 25.2 × 20.9