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1990 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Blomone
HNHR
1 May 1400. 4 eggs now in the hole; evidently only 1 left here after all.
4 May 1850. Checked hole: 5 eggs.
13 May 910. Checked nest: 4 hatchlings - 1 unhatched egg. Set up video to run for 2 hrs to see if it can do nest watches for us here...
31 May 1850. Finding no stored acorns here, I got worried and went over and bandet&bled the 3 babies.
15 June 1200. Jade found j1849 here, who jumped out of the nest while she was at The bluebird box here and couldn't quite fly yet. I measured him/her and stuck her back in the hole.
This puts fledging here at ~32-33 days.
11 November *Group Update*
91459. last seen 22 May feeding young, gone by 27 May.