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1987 M. Stanback
M. Formicivorus
1500
ES&R HNHR
17 May Katy reports bird in traditional hole.
26 May am hello'd holes. No luck
10 June 1500 Watched 15 min. No nestiness.
15 June 1730 Acorn Count : 90
13 Aug 0815 I hear lotsa waskas here (From Pump)
22 Aug 1430 Bees in the traditional hole. Door missing
from "low" hole. I put it back in w string.
27 Aug 0930 Saw ♂ 297 (YR10)
31 Aug 0715-0730 Saw ♂ 1367, and 2 (?) other birds: 1274?
Saw ♂ 297. Maria saw 3 birds (: 1274?)
10 Sept 1500-1540 Watched for nestiness - dead. Bees in hole.
17 Sept 0815-1000 Census & nestiness watch. The birds did
not show any overt signs of a nest. Lotsa sitting,
playing w acorns. Saw ♂ 297, ♂ 1274 ♂ 1367.
Twice though I saw extra birds (at least 2).
These could be Pump spillovers (but they seemed to
come from 1800- Haystack)
23 Sept 1700-1720 Watched from distance. Saw no nestiness
0645-0730 "" Afterward looked
For holes. The one in the down pointing snag in
the main granary looks likely. The traditional!
hole seems to have lost its bees.
2 Oct 0815-0835 Watched for nestiness - none. Then
delloed holes. Bees are gone
0945 Stop to spy from lane. Ah ha! Bird into bee hole!
1115 LBR/LB (Connie saw this bird (maybe 685))
maybe ♂ 1109 (was Chgo ♂)