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1986 Welter.D. Koenig
Melanerpes fomicivorus
Warp 5
HNH
15 April
*9998 at a power struggle at Blomone this morning', see
Blomone notes.
16 May
900. Noone up here or in any holes. Also, they appear to
be plum out of stores! Maybe that's why we can't find
a nest here.
24 May
looked here and sat around for a ½ hr or so. Not much activity,
but there was some. An ub♂ came and pected around in the
main trees for several minutes, eventually getting chased off
by a banded ♂. The latter stayed for a couple of minutes and
then flew down toward the road.
This does make me wonder about the relationship between
Warp 5 and the new Road groups. We don't know of any
(all the road birds were unbanded originally) but who is
hanging out up here? I certainly have little sense of
there being a nest here.
9 June
*Group Update*
j1151, 1152 - X5AB. also j999 → Last seen 10 July,
gone by 11 March → DA 10 Nov ±4 months.
18 September
watched up here this evening, seeing no sign of birds
or stores. I don't even think there's a group here.
(Was there one this spring? Could have fooled me.)