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1990 M. Stanback
M. Formicivorus
MILL
HNHR
15 Mar Installed nest chamber in granary. Entrance hole
not quite big enough - I'll let the ACW's Finish it.
14 Apr 0815, 0845 Hello - nothing. No work on entrance.
17 Apr Hello, nada - no work on entrance.
26 Apr Mike reports bird flushed From hole + sure enough, it
did when I came over. They're chipping out a
chamber - nearly done! Yipee! So it works!
3 May 0915 Bird in hole when I hello.
7 May 1600 It happened - after @ 2000 climbs, I had a
Fall. Thank Fod For webbing. I fell @ 5 Feet,
upside-down, r hit a big branch. Elbow hurts,
4 incubated eggs. Put up a new string (so no Free-climb)
14 May 1300 RF = 8.55, LF = 4.2 RR = 7.2, LR = 5.2
[21 May See Walt's notes for unfortunate incident]
22 May Hearing that the 2 survivors weren't doing well,
I added the 4 quivary babies to Mill and took
the 2 kids here to the aviary (1500). They
appeared Fine at 1800. (Prior to 1500 I fed
& warmed them up) The 2 babies that died
in the ambush yesterday included the runt,
whom Walt said was not looking especially good.
29 May Blue dead, root skinny (removed to stuff), banded blad PrDP. See caps ras
1843
1844
30 May 1630 Returned runt to nest, WRP = 71.5, MDP = 72.5, Fed all.
18 June 1000 Some weirdness here - chasing, drumming, Fighting. Saw
9 RWB (?) = 1683 CV^2, KR = 1832, RWRW = 1843, BWB
OP
NOBA & drumming
WRLP = 1843
20 Ap 1991 Remove artificial cavity