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1994
1995
1996
Walter D Koenig
2
Melanerpes formicivorus
Road 3
HNHR
18 April
1600. Opened the high hole in the MacFlat Valley Oak, where
Joey has seen birds the last couple days: 5 fresh eggs.
Marked 1-5: ① 23.0 x 19.0 ② 23.4 x 19.9 ③ 23.4 x 20.0
④ 23.9 x 20.2 ⑤ 23.4 x 19.5.
1995
23 May
Joey + I checked the nest here - 4 kids, 1 on way out That
we bled & returned.
More interestingly, baby (?) Pigmy Owls were apparently
fledging from an unopened hole lower in the tree here!
Banded and bled the 3 kids here. As expected, the
4th didn't make it.
Best I can tell, there are no stores remaining here, even
over in the burned-out MacFlat tree across the road!
1996
4 January
1430. Counted stores: R3 sycamore: 150 (Not much
left of this thing!)
R3 Valley oak: 290 }
MacFlat trees: 0
At MacFlat, both sycamore snags in the flat area between the
road & the creek have fallen. All that's left is the burned
snag on the other side of the road, but it's empty.
Things have really gone downhill here; even though they
don't have much, the only unused storage facility is the
MacFlat tree with maybe 300 holes; Their total capacity
here (including MacFlat) is probably about 900!
17 July
2100. After Joey saw 5 birds at the old (MacFlat)