Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4460
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1988 M. Stanback Species Accounts 16 Nov 88 CV1: 2 golden eagles, 1 Falcon (peregrine or prairie) HNHR 30 May 1400 3 golden eagles "playing" tween Haystack, SH/L, r Arnold. One was flying [illegible] (= flaps). Juv's? 31 May FED for 2nd Flycatcher nest on Red House Porch 2 Jun 2nd ED 27 May Jackrabbit on way up Buckeye 9 Jun 0615 Great Blue Heron - Blm Pond 10 Jun Golden oak at Lamb putting on a good crop of Acorns! 14 Jun 1400 I observed what seemed to be hill-topping by swallowtails. They also engaged in spectacular flights - when two "wandering" inds intercepted c/o, they would shoot straight up @ 20-30 Ft. Usually one would abandon the ascent before the other one. 14 Jun Cliff Swallows - interested in Sznanne's caves. 19 Jun Red House W. Flycatchers hatching (3/4) 21 Jun Golden Eagle: at PLAV, mobbed by Cooper's Hawk. 28 Jun Gray Fox: lower Arnold Road 29 Jun Bobcat + grown cub: Red House 13 July Say's Phoebe: Bunk House 14 July Bobcat: CVGR 18 July Roadrunner: cabin 22 July Gray Fox: top of Arnold Road (near cabin) 23 July Jackrabbit: Between Red House + Marker Shorts (closer to me) 9 Aug Swallow (VG?) at Blm Pond (now dry) Valley oak at Blm Pond has aborted its acorns. 12 Aug Jane reports Northern Shrike at Blm Pond. 10 Sept 1030 Two adult RTHA go after the same gopher. One drops it, the other gets it and eats it in a nearby tree. Other hawk leaves [8 Sept Terek Sandpiper at Mission Beach) [illegible]