Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4459
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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