Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4458
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1986 M. Stanback Refute I M. formicivorus Central Canyon East HNHR 6 April 1100: 3 banded 8A and 1 unbanded 9 seen at snag 100 m to E of box 173. 8A w O on L near foot 8 M R " Nest hole low on N side of snag. Coopers hawk caught jumping bushes robin, scared AWP. This tree is an artificial granary 7 April 1430 checked hole that birds were in yesterday Looks like an owl nest (old) Fur inside, a skull at entrance - hole was just big enough for me to get my hand in. Could it be that the ACW's are still shopping, and the bird inside yesterday was just hiding From the hawk? Sue said she didn't see action here this am. 18 April Set ambush r cut open hole. Limb sorta rotten - very weird. Sue tells me later the 4 went in, then the 8 got upset, she came out. 17 April 0900 A bird was sitting worriedly near the hole I took the ambush down and watched for ½ hr. No birds returned. 20 April 1700 Saw 2 NOLD birds in the Five pool trees. One went to 1500