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1987. M. Stanback
M. Formicivorus
Plge
H N H R
11 June 1520 -1610 Baby watch. To my distress, all I find
is baby 1403, whom I see repeatedly.
14 June still just the one kid
call it + 850
15 June Acorn Count: main = 275 2° = 45 => 820
1830 Same hole has 2 eggs! (bird flushed on arrival)
16 June 1500 Still 2 eggs - bird flushed on arrival
17 June 1800 3 eggs - Cyndy did a watch afterwards or
reports incubation by 9 r crippled 8, but that
babies (both of which are present!) roasted in the
hole!
19 June 1445 - Saw both kids, but they were never together
(except once, when someone was talking to me)
20 June 1400 Never assume! I assumed that the 9, not being
able to lay 3 eggs in a row, would not attempt
anything bigger than a 4 egg clutch. Wrong! There
are 5 eggs in there. So, not learning my lesson I
did not number these - this ensures that a 6th
egg will be laid!
1550 Cooper's hawk attack! Philip saw it. It zipped
in after an adult, which swung around the link, it
swerved after it, missed, and tried for nearby baby
1403 in the same motion. The baby also swung around
and saved itself. The hawk then left Plge and was
seen swooping seconds later toward PLAN.
1635 9 984 attacked scrub jay that was pecking acorns
1530-1700 Dom watch - nothing.
25 June 1440 - Dom watch. At 1458, heard alarm calling, saw