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1985 Mark Starback
M. formicivorus
BLM 3
H NHR
(19 July) 0600 a few red feathers in the white part of
his forehead. Weight 73.8, wing 145.
0700 Caught 8 768
Weight 90g, wing 149
10 #6 coming in on Left
10 #5 " right
10% of crown molting
new down on abd
upper tail coverts molting
rectrices: 2 pair molting
outer primaries old
cloacal protuberance very large, red (moist?)
0730 an unidentified baby was still in
the hole when I quit.
18 Aug W.D. Koenig reports 4 eggs (not new) in all
active nest (the lower of the two opened
holes in the tree near (NW) the granary)
21 Aug 1330 4 eggs still in nest. A bird was in
the nest upon my arrival. This group has
some - a lot of acorns still stored from last year.