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1986 M. Stanback
M. formiceworme
CVGR
HNNR
12 April 1630 bird flushed From last yr's failed nest
hole upon arrival
13 April 1200 no bird at hole (or at 0900)
18 April 1000 no bird at hole
1230 bird in hole
20 April 1130 climbed hole -empty. There's a starling
nest 2 feet below the ACW's.
1600 ACW in hole! I climbed to try to
terminate starlings but no luck w nooses or
tongs.
21 Apr. 1645 A small power struggle! The birds tolerate
me near the granary. Lotsa garricks, chasing,
some drumming. At least 2 intruders, but
I didn't get a chance to ID them; the CVGR
birds do a good job of keeping the intruders
out of the granary. Chases taking place both
to the N and S. The GRAN birds weren't in
their granary, but one of them did flush
from nest. No one in CVGR nest. I
terminated the starling nest.
23 April 1830 Bird at hole. Another nearby. But
I walked by have several times today and
belloed w/ no luck
24 April Bird in hole
25 April 1430 opened hole - empty - must be egg tossing?
26 April 0615 - 0720: lots of activity at the hole. Both JS and 98
spent time inside. Didn't see any tossing.