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1991 M. Stanback
M. Formicivorus
RAVI
HNNHR
(13 May) because its beer in the drying oven all day at 100°F.
14 May 0800 Damn. Didn't lay an egg (no bird in hole on
arrival. I knew I shouldn't have pulled the egg.
Added mealworms r prayed
0930 New egg, but the tc out of the egg.
15 May 1000 No new egg, but birds in hole
16 May 1000 " , so I pull the silicon egg r put in
the one that was in the aviary. I pull off
excess silicon, reglued the hole, let it dry, r
returned to nest at 1145.
27 May 1045 The / kid weighs 7g, other eggs iuf.
28 May? 1 Other egg hatched!
28 May Put Mt Ham runt in w 2 Ravi kids
29 May 0700 Put Gate runt in w 2 Ravi kids r Mt Ham runt
I Fed the 2 Ravi kids. To Farm out or let die -
that is question. I ran out of day before I could
Farm to KONT. Just let 'em die (see if they eat!)
30 May 1500 The little guy's gone. Searched high r low r
no sign. Yum-yum, eat 'em up (Uncle George)
2 June 1900 W=56.3, 17.0, b=1°, 3:tail (From Gate). The
Mt Ham kid doing poorly: 31g, 15.3, 1°4, T=6.5
3 June 1900 .61, 17.5, 9, 5.5 // 29.5, 15.6, 5 7
4 June 1800 65, 17.8, 11.2, 6.8 // Have been Feeding runt all day.
5 June 1000 R+ runt in KONT (see KONT notes)