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2008
2010
Walter D Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lower Long field
HNHR
[Apr]
Counted stores to get an idea of granary size
here: 1050, mostly in the dead sycamore trunk.
7 June 1500. Kid looking out of old nest hole !?!
Flew out. A 2dd in There also. Flushed
as we climbed up. What does this
mean? Missed nest? We checked this hole
dozens of times. Maybe Horsetail fledglings?
Climbed up; hole empty but in OK shape.
Set an ambush. Lots of stores here.
15 June Indications were that we perhaps did miss
a nest here - presumably in The sycamore
hole - so tonight I ambushed and nabbed
9 birds, including 84168, The 3 Bgg from
MLF2 (!), and 5 NOBA fledglings! Figure
that one out. Hole is tagged #905.
2010
8 April 1200. Opened the new hole v. high up in The
main sycamore: empty. Now tagged #6898.
It's a good 70-75' up There.