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1986 M. Stanback
N. formicivorus*
OKCO HNHR
20 March 0815: After sitting in blind for 15 min w no
luck, got out - birds. Sound equipment sux.
Watched granary (later moved down - see below)
saw: 5200, 886, 1160 (which is a ?)
5 unbanded ?
695 From DKHW
0930 [illegible] at top of big sycamore along
creek toward CVZ. Has this been where
much of the earlier noise was taking place?
Yes, more birds here and in the big spindly
oak about 50 yds toward OKCO from it
(also along creek) There is still some
chasing going on there. Birds are
flying back & forth between here + CVZ.
? Saw ? 695 (Breeder From DKHW)
*Note: 3 magpies in a tree. One flew
down to a lower limb and attacked something
A band-tailed pigeon fell out of the tree
+ foundered on the ground where it lay.
The magpies didn't do anything, but maybe
I was too close. I went over to check
the pigeon - lower mandible broken, mouth
Gummed up + rotten breath, 1 eye completely
Gummed over, the other ? so. I moved the