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1985 Mark Stanback
M. formicivorus
PIPE (Warp5 see 17 June) Hastings Reservation
25 May 1245 arrive. Very few (and old) acorns in granary.
No sign of birds. Saw a starling in granary.
1303 Still no sign of birds. Adios.
18 June 1430 arrive. No birds at granary.
1450 Play tape of Lucia waka r krts. No respons
1505 Lucia tape. A ♂ with Metal on [illegible] left
(possibly with gray(?)) toward the foot and
what looked like a dark-light split band
on right. It quickly flew away from
granary tree to an unknown landing
not far away and to the SE of the
granary. Then an unbauded ♀ flew from the
same direction to the granary. She stayed
only less than a minute. I then searched
to the SE but found no birds. I saw
2 birds heading toward RI though.
1515 Lucia tape: no luck
1530 " ♀ came and stayed 10
minutes. She flycaught and also ate some
stored acorn. She departed to the SE.
I followed, found a likely looking snag but
no birds.
1615 I saw a ♂ on a snag to the SE
of this snag. He flashed. I watched the