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1992 Walter D Koening
Melanerpes formicivorus
Bianca
HNHR
1 January 1515. No stored acorns anywhere here.
19 January *Group update*
01515, Last seen 3 Feb '91, gone by 8 June -> DA 5 Apr. 2 no.
*Group abandoned fall '91*
28 April 1030. Hen for ½ hr, during which a bird Carricked here on
2 occasions. No other activity, however.
1040. Bird swooped in: 8 gr/Mv. [illegible]. Someone here after all.
27 May 1045. Found the nest - in a new hole in the traditional tree.
Sounds like babies (not real old, though).
29 May 1430. Opened the hole here with Mark; 3 babies ~9-10 do.
4 September 1500. Nest! 3 babies! In the other nest hole (not this
year's). Set up an ambush for Mark; babies maybe 16 do(?)
(Up here looking for nests with Jan Ekman and his wife.)