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1982 R.L.Mumme
6a
Melanerpes formicivorus
Lambert Nest Record
5 May Find ♂ looking out of the new hole in the holey Fenceline tree, 1700. Opened hole: 6 eggs
eggs about 8 days ± 2 days.
One egg badly damaged, hole in shaped, all liquid drained.
That egg removed, leaving 5, which seemed OK.
8 May Opened hole, 1400
5 eggs
marked & measured ① 23.9 × 18.7
② 24.7 × 18.3
③ 24.0 × 19.1
④ 24.3 × 18.5
⑤ 23.5 × 19.0
removed 6th egg 23.4 × 19.3
11 May Eggs have hatched!
22 May Opened hole, 1300: 3 nestlings
eyes beginning to open, ~12 days: No sign of other eggs or young.
31 May Banded 3 fine nestlings, now Juvs 775-777.
(see capture records)