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2007
2008
2009
WalnD Poems
Melanerpes formicivorus
LDDD
HNNR
11 May
1100. Banded and bled the 2 kids. Stores? Oh
yes.
28 May
900. job-4i(n)/DA dead below nest. Sad!
He was fairly close to fledging, too.
22 JUNE
4 eggs 1440hrs (1) 24.9 x 19.7 (2) 25.2 x 19.1 (not
(incubated)
(3) already measured by ELW (as was (4)) cav# i317
Time: 1445. Plenty of stores here.
3 July
1130. Checked The hole: 3 kids, 4-5 do.
2008
27 June
1415. Bird in low hole of 1st tree (tree tag
1075; hole tag 1302): 5 eggs, fresh.
Measured 2: (1) 23.9 x 17.8; (2) 24.0 x 19.3.
9 July
900. Checked nest: 3 kids, 3-4 do. Band
~26 July.
2009
9 April
1130. None in any holes, but plenty of stores here.
26 May
1240. Checked The hole (#1302): 2 kids, 4-5 do.
Band ~12 June.
12 June
1130. Banded the 2 kids. STILL lots of stores.
17 June
2000. Watched roosting with Erin. 8"4363 came and
left; 8"4218 then came and roosted in the nest (got a
good look).