Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4459
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1987 M. Stanback Empidonax difficilis Red House Porch HNHR 21 April First egg laid 22 April Second egg laid 23 April 3rd egg 24 April 4th egg 4 May 1100 4 eggs 10 May eggs have hatched! Could have been 9 May 26 May 0540 Babies Fledge. It was unavoidable. They were at the on the beam stage. I Walked up onto the porch and they flew off into the cold rain. I fear they will be 4 dead flycatchers by tonight. 29 May An egg in the nest! And I accidentally break it! 30 May pm. No egg in nest 31 May 1330 An egg! So they are recycling! But so soon? I Fear the babies must have died immediately. So... remember not to remove the nest! (Oh, did I say... the black phoobes at CV Failed - dead babies.) Hey, they recycled rather quickly last year too, didn't they? June 3 May (clutch of 3 (assume LED = 2 May) 17 June hatched (3) 2 July 1630 Babies Fledged without provocation. Cnte!