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1984 R.L. Mamme
2
Acorn Woodpecker
Road 3
0745
27 March First watch here since 24 March, when Philip + E
installed a piece of styrafoam with 100 acorns.
There are 3 birds here: Two ♂ in the Valley Oak
as I drove up, but I didn't get bands. Plus a ♀ whose
legs I did not see either
0815 Great stuff! Now the 2 ♂ are
♂580 White/Black LBlue/DBlue-Yel(N)
♂672 DBlue-Yel(N)/M
of Road 1! Saw ♂672 extract then eat of
of our acorns from the styrafoam. Also the RNB
is here. She has been in both the 82 + 83 nest holes.
Neat! All 3 chased a Starling at 820, 0825, very
pounding on the styrafoam. Great! I suspect that
the two ♂ forced ♂552 back off to PO Hill.
0830 check the "graray". Mac, only ~45 acorns
left in the styrafoam! Some have probably been restored,
but the birds have taken to it well.
6 April A quick watch here, 1015-1100. The situation here seems
to have stabilized. ♂580 m/Black and RNB seen
here. No acorns left in the styrafoam (gone by 31 March
according to Philip. ♂672 not seen today, but wasn't a
good watch.
13 April Tried to watch here but birds aren't spending
much time here. I did see a RNB and a
second bird (is ♂672 gone), but they spent most
of their time flycatching elsewhere on this hot
sunny day. Did see a pair of Pigmy Owls investigating
the "standard" nest hole