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1990 Walter D Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Buckeye
HNHR
15 April ♀1475, ♂1478, and maybe even ♀1624 up at The School Hill
power struggle today.
26 April 1600. 4 eggs, fairly fresh, in a hole in the granary along
with a ♀ incubating.
4 May Hatched today (MTS)
9 June Definitely acorns left here. Also, there may have been a
bird in the nesthole (a 2nd nest? Not too likely, but certainly
possible).
15 June 1900. Bird in last year's hole. This could be a 2nd nest.
16 June 1980. No-apparently just roosting there?
17 June *Group update*
Some birds to delete:
♀1477, 1625. Last seen 6 Dec '89, gone by 20 Jan. →DA.
28 Dec ± 3 wks.
♂1623. Last seen 20 Jan, gone by 6 March →DA 13 Feb ± 3 wks
♀1696, ♀1697, ♂1399, ♂1476. All here in March (all but ♀1697
caught on 20 March; ♀1697 seen on 6 March). Gone
by around nesting (~20 April) → D.A. (April ± 2 wks
♀1475. Last seen here 20 March (caught); at The Sch Hill
power struggle on 15 April → D.A. (April ± 2 wks.
20 October ♀1475. At Central Canyon, moved ~1 August ± 1 month,
♀1626. Joined ♀1475 at Cecon, moved ~1 August ± 1 month.