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1985 Mark Stanback
M. formicarum
Moonshine
Heating Reservation
School Hill
N of where creek crosses road gate
on ridge immediately E of Fence
SW of Mark R. house
1155 Pst heard woodpecker, found granary. Lots of holes
for roosting, nests. I count 7 from where I now sit.
1205 Only one bird yet seen. Spooked and flew NE when
it noticed me. Not very many storage holes. These
present (ie visible from where I now sit) without acorns.
1215 hear chrrrring to ESE
1218 tapping vocal to E
1222 waka to SW
1223 2 birds heard waka to E
1225 1 bird close to W
1228 ..
1335 I have been watching this group since about 1230
(At least) five birds have appeared at once. They are very
shy and my trees are thick here. Of the two birds (?)
I only saw the legs of two (?) birds clearly.
(a ?, a ?, and a ? later) Neither of these birds
were banded. ? arrived with Food in beak, ate later
1345 .35 miles W of the C.V. gate I saw a woodpecker
fly N overhead toward school hill