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2005
2006
2007
Walford Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
LAZ
HNHR
2 June
900. Banded & bled the 5 kids. Stores: Yes.
6 Sept.
Lots of stores still (old).
2006
6 March
940. Birds in at least 2 holes. Stores: oh yes.
1 May
Bluebirds nesting in the old hole in the outer
Vally Oak (#5354?)
12 May
1345. Checked last year's hole (#903): 4 eggs
+1 runt egg (5 total); incubated. ① 23.8×19.9
② 24.6×19.4 ③ 24.0×18.7 ④ 23.5×19.3 ⑤ 17.8×14.2.
Stores left here? Yes.
17 May
1215. Not hatched yet, but 3 eggs look ready
(and I could hear a chick peeping from 1 of them).
Egg #2 not developing. Hatched ~98 May.
Band ~8 June.
24 May
1015. As expected - 3 babies, ~5 do, + 2 unhatched
eggs (1 the runt). Band ~9 June.
7 June
1300. Banded & bled the 3 kids here.
Stores? Yes indeed.
2007
6 May
1045. Bird in hole #903: 6 eggs (fresh), 1 a
runt: ① 25.5×17.6 ② 24.9×18.8 ③ 23.3×19.1
④ 24.1×19.1 ⑤ 23.5×20.0 ⑥ 17.7×15.0. This tree
is now tagged #3255.
4 June
1500. Banded + bled the 5 kids. ②③④⑤⑥ here.
26 Aug
They appear to be pretty much out of stores!