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1982 R.L. Mumme
Melanerpes formicivorus
Bianca Nest Record
2 May Flush bird from broke-dead stub hole low in Blue Oak
in the main Bianca area.
Backat 1300, Peeping in-
8 eggs
(1 certain runt, 7 appeared normal)
4 May Opened hole (tough) 1000
6 eggs (? ?)
runt missing. Eggs opaque, maybe day 8
Nobody incubating when I arrived. Nest abandoned?
8 May Q in hole, 1600.
14 May Checked hole, 1300, 4 babies, 6-8 days, no unhatched
eggs
29 May Banded + bled 4 nestlings, now Juvs #763-766.
See capture records for details