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1986 (Walter) Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Road 3
HNHR
20 January
*Group Update*
♀1010. [illegible] saw her on 25 May at the start of the
2nd nest here, so she was presumably here through
it's completion on ~10 July. She was gone by
16 October (Kaly) → DA. 28 August ± 1 month.
By 16 Oct. she had been replaced by an unbanded ♀
that we caught on 18 October (will say she
replaced her in [illegible] on 29 Aug.
21 February
165. Counted stores: Sycamore: 352 ?
Valley Oak: 118 }
470
Pretty low. The sycamore especially is nowhere close to being
filled. It would seem I'd missed the peak here.
22 March
*Group Update*
j1125. NSAB.
j1126. NSAB.
♀1173. Last seen 5 Nov, gone by 21 Jan → DA 13 Dec '85
Add: ♀ub, new on 14 Dec. '85.
10 May
800. Opened the hole in the sycamore (hole above the road):
4 eggs, incubated.
14 September
*Group Update*
ub♂ new here, apparently joining ♀1011 (a sib?). First
seen 31 July, not here as late as 13 July → Moved here
22 July ± 1 week. (this is 85252).
17 September
600. Ambushed here this morning nabbing 5 birds - everyone
except the new ub♂. C'est la vie.