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1985 Walter D Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
1800 Nest Record
HNHR
15 April 630
929
↓ 1 runt egg; marked #1
↑ tossed by 9193.
16 April
2 eggs laid in AM by 9193
and 9785; don't know
who laid what. I tossed
by 1500 → The Small one.
Remaining eggs: 22.6×18.5
♀193 laid: 23.6×19.1, #2
9785 laid: Small egg.
♀193 tossed 9785's egg!
Eggs #1 and 2 remain.
17 April
18 April 600
Nest empty!
♀193 & 9785 lay (don't know
whose egg is whose): ① 24.0×19.3
② 24.9×19.9
19 April 730
4 eggs; 2 new from 9193 & 9785
③ 24.9×19.7
④ 23.9×18.9
20 April 715
Nest empty!
22 April 900
Legg: 25.1×19.9. Either 9785's.
↓ Tossed by 9787
23 April 730
840
(egg (runt): 17.6×13.7 (laid by 9787)
↓ Tossed by 9193
24 April 710
836
(egg: 22.7×17.8 (laid by 9787)
↓ Tossed by 9193
25 April (Philip)
(egg: 24.6×17.8 (either 9785
or 9787)
↓ Tossed by 9193