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2005 Walt D Koering
2007
Melamurpes fomicivorus
LARB2
HNHR
25 Apr 1515. Checked the hole here: it's salvageable,
but currently a bit mushy & wet. If there are
birds here, they are probably nesting elsewhere.
2007
18 May 1130. Eric found a new hole here with a bird
in it - LARB2 returns?
1415. Opened the hole (now tagged #8401).
2 eggs. Apparently laying.
31 May 1500. Checked The hole: 8 eggs, 1a rent.
This would put The LED about 22 May
and hatching ~ 2 June (banding
~23 June). Wonder if this is Gazebo's
nest?
2 June Back fell out - hole empty. Birds generally
flew back - not up toward Gazebo, so it's
possible this was a LARB nest, but who
knows? I patched The hole up as best
I could but it's always going to be marginal.