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1995 Walter Koeing
Melanerpes formicivorus
4
1500
(7 June)
645. ♀ left. In tree: ♀ Dg/M #2380.
647. ♀ DB-W(NYD) #2330 enters, 650. ♂ 81901 enters, 657. ♀ leaves,
654. ♂ leaves, 656. ♀ 2330 enters, 701. ♂ DB/M #2473 comes to hole, leaves
690 entering, 706. ♂ 2473 enters, ♀ LP/M 2556 here (but not in hole)
♀ 2330 looks out, leaves, 710. ♂ leaves.
716. ♂ 81901 enters, 733. ♀ 2210 enters, leaves almost right away, ♂ LO.
737. ♀ 2330 looks in, leaves, ♂ leaves, 738. ♂ 2471 enters, 754. ♂ leaves,
757. ♂ 2473 enters, 801. ♂ 81901 comes to hole, ♂ 2473 leaves,
chattering submissively, ♂ 81901 enters, 802. ♀ 2330 enters, ♂ leaves.
805. ♂ 2471 enters.
808. ? Or/Yell #2555 in tree.
811. ♂ 81901 comes to hole, ♂ 2471 leaves, chattering submissively,
♂ 81901 enters.
815. Going to check hole. Note: since 645, the only ♀
to have been in the hole for more than a few seconds is
♀ 2330. She's the only one who could really have laid
an egg.
(Measured, see below)
830. OK. Hole still has 3 eggs, but! The one marked #6 also has
an "X" scrawled on the end (as do the other 2 - this is how I
marked the eggs on 4 June). So! In fact, here's what's apparently
happened here:
4 June 5 June 6 June 7 June
Size Eggs1 RunT. --- Still here (Ceone)
25.5 x 18.9 [Has small dent] Egg2 Here -- - Here -- - Here -- - Still here
25.1 x 19.4 Egg3 Here -- -" -- - Here -- -" "
26.5 x 19.7 [Marked #6 on 6 June] Egg4 Here -- -" -- - Here -- -" "
Egg5 Laid today (Ceone)
So-the only egg definitely tossed (besides the runt) is the one laid on 5 June