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2007
2008
2010
Walter D Koenig
Melanerpes famicularis
Blowdown
HNHR
31 May
1400. Banded & blet The 3 kids. Plenty of stores.
The hole - in a limb that's cracking open -
12 June
1800. Put The cut - which had fallen out -
back in; 1 kid fledged as I did so. Limb is
definitely not going to last too long - there's
a big crack in it.
2008
29 April
1000. Bird in (new) hole high up in The granary.
1100. Opened hole: empty. In good shape, though.
12 May
1015. Peeped The hole (now tagged #8612; tree
is #6534): 4 eggs (all normal).
3 June
1330. Went up to band the nest: 2 kids, both dead,
~14 do. One was literally headless, while The
other's head was eaten in the back. An owl?
Rat? In any case, lots of stores here.
14 June
1021. Bird in same hole. 4 eggs (look fresh) #8612
8 July
1600. Banded The 3 kids. Plenty of stores still.
2010
6 May
Hole 8612 looks like it's a Starling nest (possibly
fledged already). Starlings all over this tree.