Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4458
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1985 Mark Stanback M. formicarius Moonshine Hastings Reservation 25 May 1420 Found nest! On NE side of granary tree. In broken stump of former limb. ♂ was in nest (mostly ♀ with head out). He stayed in nest [illegible] He was still in the nest when I left my location about 20 minutes later. (could this be baby?) 1430 Counted at least 4 birds coming in and vocalizing. Sounded upset. Was it me or scrub jays. Thus this group has at least 5 members (and probably 6) None of these others approached the nest at this time. Because of my position (under bush) I was not able to check the legs of any of the other birds 1450 Changed position to better view other group members. However this prevented me from seeing nest. Actually, I don't remember seeing any birds approaching the nest limb. These birds are very shy and don't spend much time at the granary-nest. I did distinguish an unbanded ♀ (several times) and an unbanded ♂. These were the only birds I get a good look at. 1525 unbanded ♀ took insect bolus to nest. Unbanded ♂ chrrred.