Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4462

Stanback, Mark
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Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley
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Acorn woodpecker Acorn woodpecker--Behavior--California Hastings Natural History Reservation (Calif.)

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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CHGO HVHR 24 Apr Connie reports birds here. Walt sets ambush 25 Apr Ambush! Get 8 1665, NOBA 9 2021. Blood From both and a 2nd cort sample From 8 (45 min later) 8 pink paint, 9 blue paint 26 Apr 0800 Put up dog Food here 6 May 1615 Checked both holes - higher one looks pretty nice. Dog food on branch gone - Feeder untouched - except For ants. Lots of them chewing on dog food. 24 May 0740 I knew it's a little early to be climbing for nests, but I had time to kill. Anyway, 3 eggs in the low hole. Question is, was the 3rd egg from today or yesterday (of course, I didn't open it, so they may be unfresh) Dog Food 1/2 Full. 6 June 1500 3 chicks, 1 dead egg, no dogFood (!Jin!) DB = 18.6, R = 17.1, - = 15.8. These are too big to have hatched yesterday... what gives? That 4th egg (which died) must've been laid much later. 18 June 0900 Banded the 3 chicks here. A little young, but so it goes. The ants are going to turn on the dog Food. I put up a platform last week, still no go. 8 Sept 1500 Bird in hole on arrival. Peeped. 4 eggs! 12 Sept 1045 " " " . Listened - no chicks. 15 Sept 1530 No one in hole on arrival. Peeped - 4 eggs. 18 Sept 1645 Shoulda, shoulda. LL: 11.1, RL: 10.9, H = 3.6, B = 3.1. Latter two not looking good (they hatched 17 Sept, others on 16 Sept)
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BUCK HNHR 3 Apr IIII ~50 acorns Apr Valerie reports a NOBA 9 here (along w 1475, 1696) (?) 4 May Valerie roost watch: only 3 birds, mate guarding??? into "ladder hole" (the old trad nest hole 85,86,87) 5 May Jim reports 1475, 1696, 1398; so Finch effect still going. Why the mate guarding - or is that just roosty behavior Roost watch: 3 birds like glue - I persuaded them not to go in the ladder hole - one went uphill squeezed into the "pole hole", the other went into a shitty hole in the granary, and the third, well, it didn't go in any. At 1927 I moved away from the granary or went 100m uphill - watched the 3rd bird. It stayed there until 1947 (very dark), when Jim made a pygmy owl call. I hope it will be safe. I vowed never to keep 'em out of a hole again, but now it seems I will tomorrow night (I'd ambush tomorrow a.m., but can't get a lap done on Wednesday 12 May 1140-1215 Spied From afar. Saw 1 visit to the 90 nest hole, maybe 2 visits to the ladder hole (Leaves were in the way, but it looks like that was where they were going. Roost watch: they sounded like they were at the pole hole, but then they came down to the granary ended up in the ladder hole. Puk.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BUCK HNHR 4 June Jim reports Feeding at the ladder hole! NOBA 9! 5 June 0900 ladder party! 3 chicks, 21 d.o., set ambush, catched 4, banded & bled 3 chicks. Tied ambush. 1430 WaH reset + waited 45 mins - nothing 1730-1930 I wait For 1399 (dried blood guy). After 1 hr, 1398 r 9 started showing up w Food, but were too scared to go in. All the time the kids were screaming For Food. I don't think they've eaten since this morning - which makes me feel like shit. At 1900 1398 Finally went all the way in, but it didn't start any trends. Maybe I shoulda gone up & Fed the kids. Didn't. Quit at 1935. I don't think 1399 or anyone will roost with the kids. Left ambusher set. Lets hope they're alive in the morning. Damn. 6 June 0600 I tied off the ambusher, camouflaged it, & Fed the kids (little ingrates, they spat out the Dog Food, even though they were hungry!). 7 June 1300 Finally caught 1399! (Grumble, grumble) 8 June 1400 Erected Feeding/watering platform. Put Food on. 7 Sept 1320-1335 Spied from Plge. Saw bird go to 92 hole! 11 Sept Val goes up for nest watch & Kid is about to Fledge! ladder party in afternoon, but too late! Kid is gone! Roost watch: no one into nest hole (ladder up several hours today) (ambush was set). 2 birds into pole hole. 12 Sept Ambush! Pole into pole hole. Took Forever getting the 2 birds out (BM, BF). Some bleed samples.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Plge H N H R 10 Apr 1400 Hung Feeder, put some on platform 17 Apr Valerie reports no real action, but some visits to upper barn - Fence area. I saw a bird Flush from there (@ 1000), and there is a nice hole up there. I set up a blind for spying nearby. 26 Apr 0730 Bird in hole! In the upper barn hole! 0930 Climbed & cut open hole. 1 Fresh egg! #1 1800 Put in poles beside lab platform Feeder. Roost watch: nada. Are there really 4 birds here? 6 May 1530 Checked nest: 4 eggs, 1 of them is infertile. 9 May pm nest watch. Val sees bird bringing Food. 11 May 1815 RL=13, LL=9.6, RW=4.7, LW=4.4. These latter two are starving runts from LPHF. Plge has an egg pipping = egg wt = 5.3 - 1 (shell) = 4.3 g. 13 May 1700 RL=21.6(9)=Mv, LL=19.6(8.5)=LB, RW=11.2, r=4.5 30 May 1800 Put in 2 M. Lewis. 1 June 0700 Bad news and more bad news. Arrived to find LB on ground but in OK shape. I took him up to the nest, where M. lewis (white) was dead, as was ACW Mv. I took out the dead, put in LB or left. So there's 3 chicks in there for today's nest watch. Mv: 80g, 21.4 bill, 32, 65, 20, 40 (2nd 10 small) 1100 Banded 2 ACW's 17 June 1700 Have been seeing M. lewis here for a couple days, but just now saw 2 here. Who is it? 6 Sept Have been helloing nest hole (r others) for several days (nada) 0630-0700 Sortof watched here - no real hints
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Plge HNHR 6 Sept Roost watch: heard bird at 92 nest hole. Check it. 7 Sept 0610 Hello'd hole - nothing 1300-1315 Spy. Saw a bird (juv?) go to a shitty hole in the main granary - look in. Not likely. Later saw adult fly to 92 nest tree, but high, x another left it or flew toward Plan (just an intruder?) 8 Sept 0645-0700 Watched 3 birds preening in top of granary - one flight to mystery spot (2°g), but nothing of note. 1330-1400 Spied on 2nd granary From Scott barn To see what all the visits to this part of the tree are about... seems to be a water hole here (birds dipped heads into it). Where's nest? Roost watch: very quiet, no real hints 10 Sept 0630-0645 Spy. Just preening in top of granary. 1220-1300 These guys aren't doing squat. They sit around or occasionally eat an acorn. One bird landed near the 92 hole, but that was it. What gives? Are they Finch Effect? 12 Sept 0700 Bird in hole! 0900 Check - empty, but chips
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KNOL HNHR 31 Mar 0850 Saw BW(N) dark = 1969, B.LG = 1301 0920 Stop census. 10 Apr 1430 Put food on platform in Walt's yard. An hour later all 4 were munching out. 12 Apr 1020 Bird in 91 hole. 17 Apr 0825-0900 Spy. Nothing- 19 Apr 1130: Bird in hole. Climbed - empty 23 Apr See RAVI notes. Knol birds were attacking RAVI birds 27 Apr Have been helloing - nothing, but did see a bird at the hole at 1835. Valerie reports roosting up the creek towards Walt's. 28 Apr 1100 Find nest! In a high dead limb across the creek From the woodpile. I climbed up but can't get to the nest. 1 May 1230 Using the double ladder + step ladder Walt goes to the hole: 5 eggs. A piece breaks off the back, so no cut is needed, but duct tape is. Damn, Walt says eggs Fresh, so I should have gotten pre- cubation data starting on 28 Apr. Damn! 4 May Valerie reports no action at nest. Shoulda known. I set up poles at platform For a net. Jay trap too Walt roost watches - a bird (21) in ravine hole. 5 May 0700 Bird in 91 sycamore hole 0940 Climb, empty, doesn't look good. Dove nest below it in hollow on limb Parent Fell to ground? 1 chick (old) 1 egg
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KNOL HNHR (5 May) Set ambush in ravine hole. Valerie reports 3 birds in ( & she thinks a 4th staged in the 91 nest hole) I was going to do an ambush 6 May am but I remembered Mike (the lap Do) doesn't work Wednesdays. 6 May Arghh! Birds show up but don't go in hole 7 May Val watches ambush while I chase birds in that direction. 2 went in but later came out. I am so miserable. Why didn't I get them on 5 May. Why? What made me think they'd go in again. Some lame fucking excuse about laps. Is this postdoc even worth doing? It's so much Fucking work, and the data's so pathetic. 10 May Roost watch: At least 1 bird into the century plant 11 May 0700 Bird Flushes From century plant 1210 " " . Must be a nest! 12 May I do a morning nest watch - looks like incubation 1345 Check nest. 3 Fresh eggs. 21 May 0915 Peep hole: 4 eggs. 27 May 1330 3 chicks, 1 (dead looking) egg. I put in the CV2 runt (just Fed him a waxworm). 10 June 1300-1500 Banded 3 Knol chicks. This required top- ping the century plant, then cutting a door, also putting a lid on the cut above the nest. I just hope the adults will Feed. There was a runtly chick, but I don't think it was the CV2 runt. Well shit, where did I get the idea that today is day 22? It's day 17! But I saw a bird in the hole on 11 June.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KNOL HNHR 5 Sept Hello'd canyon hole, the 92a hole, holes at the lower barn, the aloe hole, etc. Nothing. 6 Sept 1150-1220 Watched Knol, Finally Found then hanging around granary. There was an alarm call - they all Flew up to the upward Facing hole hi in the Y sycamore (can I : assume there are no holes in the granary?) [Walt reports roosting in syc nest hole] 7 Sept 1000 Bird in syc nest hole ! I climb (Fearing fledgling) and Find... empty, but fresh chips! 10 Sept 0645-0710 Saw 4 visits to the aloe hole. I'd say they're egg laying or shopping still (since this is First activity I've seen here. 11 Sept 0855-0905 Spied on aloe - nada. [Bird Flushed later today] 12 Sept 1015 Peeped - empty, Drat! 14 Sept Roost watch: No one into aloe hole; hear ≥1 bird at syc hole I've also been spying on the aloe hole periodically - nada. 16 Sept 0645-0715 Gave em dogFood, then watched. No visits to the sycamore hole (couldn't see both From where) sat. Saw 2 jays (2102, 2103) who both are wearing ♂ plumage (have they molted yet?) Also saw a ♂ wearing "Frosted" red crown with MKE? Who is this? (better call it MD) Spied on aloe For 15 min-nada.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Refute 1 1NWHR 10 Apr 1500 Hung 2 Feeders here. 28 Apr 0800 Feeders empty. 3 birds here. One into hole (spy) 1030 Bird in hole (♂?). 3 Fresh eggs! Filled 1 Feeder. 11 May 1430 RL=14=RF, LL=LF=12.6, RW=11.1=RR, r=5.9 + 1 inf egg. So clutch = 5 22 May 1400 R=76 (16.8) 11 (8) 9 // K=72 (17.5) 9 (4) AB=72 (17.8) 10 (7.5) // r=shit! (15.1) 2.5 (2.5) Forgot to weigh run! Couldn't tell tieclips. Set ambush + blind. 1415-1445: waited to see if ambush freaks 'em, No one showed! Guess I'll do a roost watch. Jim watch roosting. Bird in. No problem 23 May 0720 Set ambush - started waiting. Starling landed on nest log (that brought in ACUs), then MLG (15-26?) went in at 0732. Rall, bleed, release by 0742. Reset ambush. Waited til 0845. No shows, so I tied back ambush, moved back blind. Big rattlesnake by nestree. 25 May Set ambush, start waiting at 0610. 9 shows + Feeds, at 0732 catch ♂ 1525. Bleed, 2 T implants. 26 May 0650 Coutool implants into 1526, repainted purple 73.5: tail 140: WC 83 g, 32.9 30 May 1800 Added 1 M. Lewis to nest. 1 June 1700 Banded 4 babies 12 June Feeders empty. Put up a (crooked) platform (w Food) 4 Aug 0700 Saw 1325, 2062 Put out dog food. Good numbers of acorns in area. 8 Aug 0940 Saw 1325 - 1525 (MVLB) Feeding an old baby (new roost!!) in ECN hole! Shit!
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Refute 1 H N H R (8 Aug) 1100 As I climb, I chick Fledges to ground.) get down r grab him. Phew! Climb again + Find another chick in the nest. I wonder if any have Fledged. Maybe this explains why the VAOK just up From here has all its baby acorns eaten (on the tree). See cap recs.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 1500 HNHR No acorns. 27 Apr Came to roost watch, but bird in hole early (traditional) 30 Apr 1330 Climbed traditional hole (after having to set a new string -grrr). It was empty, damp, full of yuck. Set ambush. Roost watch: at least one bird in. Early on I heard birds at one of the other main trees. 1 May Ambush! Get all 4! Blood From all. 2015 (HHT) released after processing. All got paint. No acorns here. 1609 (BF) ovary: some activity, but not very developed 1901 (BM) medium sized testes, a little bigger than 2014 2014 (Hm) rather small testis (#1-#2) 1901 is missing a claw on one leg. 5 May 0730 Something's up. Chasing, wakas, drumming. Damn 0830 1609, 1901, 2015 going around together like glue (especiallly 99 1609, 2015) Didn't see 2014. Saw 7 chase an intruder. So what's the deal? 9 May 1500 Checked hole - empty. Had some lichen & leaves (mouse nest start). I pulled it out & dug out the gunk on bottom but it kind of goes forever so I quit. Are there birds at Pump? 24 May 0850-0915 Spied. Saw 2 suspicious flights to the uphill (N) tree. Checked afterward - nothing. 25 May 1300-1330. Spied. Deader 'n' a hammer. 1 June 1830 Helled holes - nada 2 June 0900-0930 Spied. Nothing (but 1 flight to creek or beyond. Afterwards I looked for holes - nada.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 1500 HNHR 5 June 0550-0640 Spied, hello'd - got nothing. Several (Flights into gran, several to road (or beyond). ??? 6 June 0945-1000 Spied From truck. A bird went to tool hole! 1030 Climbed. Empty, but I dumped in .5 l of chips. -> 8 June Erected a platform - worked like a charm! No food To make a platform you must have L-shaped metal fence posts (not the T-shaped ones). See diagram on back. Use self-tapping screws. Go through the holes in the metal post. 10 June Jim Yooked for nest yesterday - nothing. I spent From 0610-0635 spying. 2 Flights to creek (cliff places), some flights down from uphill. But what really makes me wonder was the garricking (just once) and drumming (twice). Is this a finch effect. Census! 4 Aug 1400 Val reported a bird in the hole last nite at 2000. I watched it for 10 min r saw nothing. Hello'd-nada. Put Food on platform. Set ambush at dusk - 4 in! 5 Aug 0400 Ambush! But 1 (BM) escapes while I'm pulling birds out. Damn! I do a cort series as well, but I later Find out several got spun out in the centrifuge. Plus Val pooled all but 1 tube before the spin (wrong!). So all that work is completely Fucked. Took birds in For lapping. 1609 (BM) has overy coming into conduit. HM 2015 semi- wormy parasite small testes but hey, it's too early to really tell or is it normal for HM for a successful ambush, it certainly did suck. Christ! This was the only potential Fall nest with a & helper. 1100 Platform w dogfood. Added water
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19 92 M. Stanback 1800 10 Apr late am. Hello'd holes - removed styrofoam granary 17 Apr 0800-0810. Watched from afar. Bird flew to 91 hole 1330 Climbed. Empty. 20 Apr Roost watch. Saw/heard one bird go up the canyon to the W. Hello'd holes beforehand - nothing 25 Apr 1140 Climbed. Empty, but looks very nice. 27 Apr 0945 Damn. Get up in tree r realize Walt still has peeper. Can't touch bottom of hole! Sawed some, but still can't reach. Damn. Roost watch - nothing in "nest" or granary trees. Uphill? 5 May 0730-0800 I try to spy (but lots of distractions at 1500) Anyway, saw 5 birds, saw 2 trips into the woods down a little from the granary. Also heard alot of activity at what I think is Korsetail (r also maybe SHW). Checked out HORS, nothing doing down there, so it must've been 1800 birds down at the corner 9 May Walt reports roosting way up the canyon, but no bird in hole 2 day. 12 May 1415-1515 Spied. Birds hanging out by creek or road, but I couldn't find anything. 16 May Walt reports 3 Fresh eggs in the snag up the canyon 8 June Set up a platform here 4 Aug 1415 Put Food on platform. 5 Aug 1100 Platform empty. added Food & water 6 Sept 1730 Helled mid to 1500 hole (nada). Gave Food 7 Sept 1120: Spent a bit watching. They're hanging out in 92 tree
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1992 M. Stanback N. Fermicivernus H-13 HNHR 10 Apr 1130 Hello'd holes - nada 11 Apr 0635-0705 Spied on uphill tree. Birds in rout repeatedly, saw one (maybe 2) visit to the low hole in that downhill low limb. 14 Apr Roost watch: 4 birds into high hole in uphill tree ? 16 Apr Set ambush (pain) Valerie roost watch - 1 bird in 17-19 Apr Roost watch - 1 bird in 20 Apr 1600 Take down ambusher; hello holes - nada 26 Apr 0940-0955 Spied on uphill tree - nada. 28 Apr 0810-0930 Spied From shack. Nothing. One flight toward woods. Mostly Flycatching. 2 chases 16 May 0415-0500 Listened (+ watched) for birds waking up here (+: giving a nest hint). Nothing. 22 May Roost watch. 2 birds went downhill from granary (?), last bird went uphill to the hole in the uphill tree 23 May 1015-1030 Spied on "uphill" tree. Nada. 3 June 1200-1215 Spy From afar. Saw a bird Flycatch in "uphill" tree, then fly due E, apparently intersecting with the fence somewhere beyond the PO patch. 4 June 0835-0855 Spy. Nothing at all. 7 June 0945-1000 Spy in old fence tree (Val saw suspicious flush there). Saw nothing. 5 Aug The mystery is solved! Val Found nest today! Old babies? Will check tomorrow. 6 Aug 1430 The mystery is not solved. It's not a nest. There was a little grass in the bottom. Val must've been seeing housecleaning, not feeding.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Hay - Blom HNHR 7 Sept 0615-0635 Spied on uphill tree - nothing (saw 1 bird Fly toward 1800's 92 nest hole [though] don't know how far it went in that direction.) 11 Sept 0620-0640 Spied on uphill tree - nada. (just swallows) 15 Sept 0630-0640 Spy 16 Sept pm Hello holes - nothing.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus L Hay HNHR 21 Apr Roost watch - no one in "traditional" tree, but I saw a bird in the 91 nest hole when I walked by 22 Apr Set ambush at 91 hole - 3 birds in 23 Apr Ambush! Caught 3 birds, bled all 3, 1521 + 2019 wet 1521 KWNM (Bm) 2+ (big) testis 2019 &m (HF) mature ovary, completely inactive, lower tract inactive 1629 painted purple, got a 2nd small bleed 1 hr after 1st, Released 1521 - 2019 at H.B. at 0845. 16 Sept pm Hello holes - nuthin. W Facing square with 14 acorns
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Blm 3, Blm 2, Blm! HNHR 16 Apr 0815-0850 Action at Blm 3! Some chases, apparently involving 88. The 88 that are resident here are 1929 - 1931 From Gazo. They're Friendly with a single NOBA 9. On our way over here we saw 1 bird at Blm 2. A resident? Spillover-Franks? 9 May Val reports bird Flying From here to DKHW 11 June Put up a platform w Food at Blm3 'hello'd holes (nada). *(0910-0930 Spied on Blm) -not even a bird sighted) *(0945 Put up platform w/ Food at Blm 2) 12 June Blm1: Put up a platform w Food 4 Aug Blm1: 0730: Put out dog Feed. Very Few acorns on trees around here. Fall nest less likely? (The vack in cecn has already been stripped of its baby acorns) Blm2: 0745: Put out dog Food. Not that many acorns here. Fall nest unlikely? Blm3: 0800: Very Few acorns here. Did I drive down to Hastings for nothing? Put out dog Food. There's some weirdness between Blm 3 + DKHW. Some garticks in no man's land, some chasing, some drumming at Blm 3. A NOBA 9 in no man's land Flew towards OKCO. Was Followed by a bird From Blm 3. Afterwhich I heard birds at DKHW. What gives? Blm1: 1100 Saw 9 & GWC(W)m (1930?) + 8 here. 5 Aug 1130 Blm3: platform empty; put on more 7 Aug Blm3: Roost watch. Birds in woods in tree w multi-trunk, 8 Aug 1400 (Blm3) No good holes here. Gave dogFood (also Blm2)
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus GAZO H/NHR 10 Apr 1000 Bird in 91 hole! 1230 Climbed. Empty. Few chips. 12 Apr 0800 Hello'd 91 hole - nada 16 Apr 0745 hello'd holes - nada 18 Apr 1430 Climbed. Empty. Few chips. 20 Apr 1630 Hello'd holes - nada 23 Apr Why those bloody buggers! Walt Found the nest 2-day in the 91 hole - 3 Fresh eggs! Jim pm watch. 25 Apr Roost watch: me at low hole tree (nada). Ditto for Jim at 80. 6 May 1115 RL = 4.2, LL = 3.9, egg #3 starting to pip. The babies were From eggs 1 & 2 (still wet - bloody shells) One egg infertile - 1 left it in (#4 #5) 2-1% bet 45 clutch = 5 8 May 1200 RL = LR = 10.7 = (10.4) / LL = RR = 10.5 = (10.2) RW = RF = 8.4 - 1 = (7.4) / B = ZF = 8.1 - 1 = (7.1) egg gone 14 May Roost watch: Several birds went down the hill (to w) about ½ between Gazo r CVGR. I'll look For a hole tomorrow. 1-2 birds went into the CVGR hole that's just across From the Fence hole. Were these CVGR birds? I may ambush, so we'll see. 15 May 1300 Found the hole (@ 100 m W of the road, 60m SW of BBBox 71). Ladder would be nice. Cut open, set ambush (tied off). Also set (tied) an ambusher at that CVGR-GAZO border hole. Roosting: 4-5 birds into the Gazo hole, 1 bird into other 16 May Damn, damn, damn. String got stuck on bark at both holes. Who were those 4-5 birds? There's only 4 at Gazo. Is this postdoc even do-able? I'm ready to quit.
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1992 M. Stanback M. formicivorus GAZO HNHR 17 May Roost: the hole not watched, but Val o Jim report. lots of activity there. 18 May Get ambush, 2 birds (?) in. 19 May Ambush. Caught # 653 (For doubly labeled H2O) x 1416 (Hm) -> put in 2 T implants, left ambusher 653 had lost a band, I replaced. 21 May Roost watch. Dead, at 1944! leave and as I walk out a bird flies up, sees me, shrieks, or leaves. Damn- 24 May 1400 Took down ambusher. 30 May 1800 Added 2 M. lewis to nest (WDK) 11 June 1100 Put a platform on a low (1 ft) stump by granary. Acorns on it. Saw M lewis with ? she tolerated its presence within 1 Foot but pecked at it when it approached to beg. 5 Aug 1125 Put dogFood r acorns on platform. 8 Aug 1450 Hello'd holes - nada (though I saw a suspicious Flite From near nest hole). Gave dogFood 12 Sept 1630 Hello holes nada. Things screwy here anyway. 16 Sept pm " "
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1992 M. Stankback M. Formicivorus CUGR HNHR 31 Mar 1105 Probable sighting of 9 1826 at Murf 1 Apr 1500 About 1000 acorns here, Hellod holes - nada, but did see a starling flush From the nest tree. 4 Apr 1600 Starling nest w 3 eggs in 91 hole. Cleaned. 9 Apr 0715 Hello ↑ hole - nothing. 0825 - Watch a 6,4 Not a. Hello other holes - nothing. 10 Apr Hello holes - nada 12 Apr 0815 Dog Food is ½ gone 0850-0910 Watch From under a tree. They are eating dog Food! Flights toward the upper area. Yep, there is interest in the Fence hole. Several birds looked in it together climb later. 1330 Climbed. Empty r shitty, so I guess they were just playing. 16 Apr am: hello holes - nada 18 Apr 1450: " " 23 Apr 1330: " " 1430-1515: Spied From truck. Saw several Flights to area just uphill From traditional tree. Also several in direction of that Funky creek hole From 89(?). Checked up From trad tree, Found a hole; but it doesn't look so great. Checked downstream - nada Roost watch - watched trad tree + the uphill tree - nada 24 Apr 1020-1040 Watched From blind in direction of 89 hole nada. I moved + watched 9a From afar - no movement, just flycatching (30 min). Then walked around helloing. Met Val, showed her 89 hole - bird in! Set blind.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVGR HNHR 25 Apr 1330 Big ladder. Walt checks nest. 4 eggs (he's thinks) rather fresh. Nest watch 3-6 1 May 1100: 4 eggs (?) 7 May 1600 LG=26.8(9), LB=24.4(9.9), R=28.6(9.9), Hatch 2 May K=22.3(9.8), r=19(8.9). A nasty door. 28 May 1900 Banded 4 kids. (LG fallen out?) 31 May 0900 Put 3 M. lewis into nest (got a string up) 11 June Val does morning watch here & sees 3 awc kids. When I walk up I see ACW savagely beating up a M. lewis chick. It even chased it to beat it again. No platform yet - they like their feeders. 13 June Put a platform w food on the fence 4 Aug 0950 Think I saw 7 - [illegible]. Val reports strange birds here with the regulars. One is 7 1826, who returns after a lengthy absence. 1/3 of a live oak came down near the granary since I left. Put out dog food. Saw 1042. Some live oaks here have lots of acorns. 5 Aug 1220 Platform empty. Added Food. 6 Sept 1530-1535 Watched... r saw a bird go to the hole (+ in) in the traditional tree (the low hole) Nest! Not having equipment, I Free climb. Bird flushes or all is silent (ear to hole ... nothing). Eggs! (?) (fed food) 7 Sept 1430 4 opaque eggs (peeped) Roost watch: 40 birds into fence hole, 1 in hole across val, 12 Sept 1230 RL=7.8, LL=4.5, RW=5.3, LW=8.0 (skip reach m) Est hat: "6.6 4.5 5.0 6.9" NOBA jaw feeding! Is it LG?
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVGR 15 Sept Nest ambush - caught 1616 (HM). See cap rec. Stress series r lap. 20% crown overlap. 20 Sept Nest ambush - after some craziness I catch J& 2038. Sample r stress series. 21 Sept 0630-1100. Geez, a long time to sit in a blind. Very slow. BM Fed occasionally, a 9 juv snuck in (once) and I didn't recognize her til she stuck her head out. Grr. Opened hole - they're down to 2 kids (one bigger). I fed em. Then the head broke off the nail and it took forever to remedy. Roost watch: Soon after arriving, I heard a bird get murdered. Scream after scream. Very disturbing. Watched the Fence hole - 2 birds went in. 22 Sept Ambush! But the pole doesn't telescope, r it was a highish hole, so 1 bird escaped while I was poking. Caught 2939 (9). Sample + stress series. 0615 Nest ambush set r ready. I wait almost 4 hours For someone besides BM to Feed. At 0955 J& 2939(!) Feeds. At 1014 I catch 9 2040. Sample + stress series. See cap recs. I changed the LL bands on 9 2040 (now ON) to avoid confusion w 9 1826.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Murf 31 Mar 1105 Saw 9 RM, 187.6 from CVGR here. Flew to CVGR 1 Apr 1510 No acorns seen. 9 Apr 0830 I hear quite a bit of activity here. ? 12 Apr 0820 Nail a piece of wood to top of fence post or put some dog food on it. They need encouragement. 0950 Platform food all gone! (pies?) 10 May 0910-0920 Spied from CV2. At 0920 a bird flushed from a limb and another immediately flew to it or went in a hole. Nest! In the uphill tree Cloned. 4 well incubated eggs, 1 of which is infertile. Should hatch soon. Set blind. 16 May 1130 Mv = 22.7 (10.1) DG = 21.8 (10.1). Val, next time tell me when they feed during an incubation watch. Oh well missed brood reduct. Found remains of all 3 eeggs (+ the infert - I removed) its very small). 17 May Roost: several birds in tree A maybe 1-2 in tree B 1 bird flew to CVI to roost 19 May 1000 checked out 4 roost holes: couldn't find A-hole, Free climbed B hole (yuk) and tied - set an ambush. Wood too thick to cut for a dubious ambush, so I just drilled a small hole down at the bottom. I'll blow thru this v Freak the birds out. A big piece of tree recently came down 100 m NW of here. Cloudy. Roost: Val reports birds in C & D. 24 May 1430 Took down B ambush, set (v tied) one at nest.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MurF HNHR 27 May Nest ambush. Start 0630. Caught 1774 (after I mishap). T implant. 28 May Nest ambush. Foggy. Start 0645. Birds around but wouldn't Feed. 9 Finally Fed once, then dead again At 0815 the ambusher Fell (birds went nuts) I reset. At 0830 I sent Val out of the blind to draw off the birds, but when still no visits by 0905, I quit. Retied ambusher (Far back). Will try again Saturday. The birds were acting weird... some garricks + drumming. 29 May Nest Ambush. Start at 0730, 9 showed - Fed at 0800, then crows, a little weirdness, and Finally caught B 1813 at 0850. He's molting and his right eye is dark like a baby's. Bled r control implant. 30 May 1800 Added a runt M. Lewis to nest. 4 June 0700 Banded r bled kids (2). 4 Aug 0940 Put out dog Food. Sycamore Fell nearby. 5 Aug 1215 Platform empty : added Food. 6 Sept 1540 Hello'd 92 hole (nada) added Food. 8 Sept 1620-1635. Spy From above cv2. Sometimes I amaze myself. Found today's 4th nest! It's in the tree off toward Cvette, Further out on the same limb I made the 8.5 cut (I think this hole is also open) Don't seem to be incubating or feeding old kids. 9 Sept 1645 LE 39 (13.4), LB: 43 (13.8) 13 Sept Arrive 0740, set ambush by 0830, wait (Cooper's hawks, spooky birds) Adults feed some, no juvs; ball falls at 1045. I tie it off + bag it
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Murf HNHR 14 Sept Ambush set r ready at 080715. Birds started Feeding @ 1 hr later, J 2083 (♂) went in at 0940. Got him! see cap recs. My First "juv Feeding Kids" blood! Phew! LB = 54, cni = 16.4, P: 7.5, T= 6,8 LG = 50 (16.4) 5 (2,4). Gave 'em some dogfood. 17 Sept Ambush set r ready at 0830. 8' 1774 Finally went in at 1010. Got sample r 3/4 stress series. After cort 3 I decided to take out implants (T), They were both (together) just behind the wing. It ended up being harder v more traumatic than I had hoped, so I released him afterwards. I hope I did more good than harm. I then banded r bled the 2 kids, who are growing very slowly (a little small for b/b but hey, I was in the free.) Fed them both dogfood
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVI HNHR 31 Mar 1120 4-0/m = 1090 1 Apr 1515 ~400 acorns. Saw a bird Fly From CVI > Murf 9 Apr 0720 Hello 91 hole - nothing 12 Apr 0825 Nail a platform on Fencepost. Add dogFood. They haven't touched Food bottle. Hello'd 91 hole - nada. 0930-0945 Spied. A bird Flew From low in src to gran 18 Apr 1500 Hello hole - nada 23 Apr 1340-1400 Spied. Bird Finally went to 91 hole. Climbed - recut - empty and a little damp, but the chips seemed Freshish. 25 Apr 1000: 2 Fresh eggs. Numbered (#2 new) 9 May 1650 Some damnable creature had nibbled through the string, so I had to put up a new one. Cold Kids. RL=LR=7.2, LW=LF=4.1, LL=RR=6.1, RW=RF=6.1) 14 May 0845 Hey, that creature is at it again - chewed thru the string. I'll wait til banding to re-climb. 30 May 1800 Added 1 M. lewis to nest. 1 June Banded 2 chicks. What happened? Easy Free climb! 13 June Put a platform on post by the trough. (with Food) Saw a juv M. lewis. 4 Aug 0930 Put out dog Food. 1/3 of a live oak Fell 5 Aug 1210 Platform empty; added Food 6 Sept 1550 Hello'd hole (nada), gave Food. 1620 Hello'd hole - bird inside! 14 Flushes + 1 heav hatchlings! Dog my cats! 7 Sept 1500 What a nightmare - took Forever to get the door out (overgrown + a fungus grew inside)... 1/2 hr!
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CV1 HNHR (7 Sept) Babies cold, RL = 15.4, LL = 14.5, RW = 7.9, r = 3.25 (took) [Runt became ID # 2144 (tissue sample), Remains into formalin] 1605 Walking by the windmill I hear a scream (ACW) right behind me, A Cooper's hawk (? small) has an ACW, Hawk doesn't have a good hold r l chase them as they approach the ground. They hit r separate, Woodpecker flies off fine, but Cooper's goes after him again, I scream r flail some more and they head in separate directions. So... alarm calls do attract larger predators (me). All this was 1/2 hr after I watched an eagle catch r eat a ground squirrel. 8 Sept 1610 Same place... a Cooper's uses me to flush quail
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CV2 HUHR 1 Apr 1520 Lots of acorns - didn't count but would estimate ~3000. Granary~3/3 Full. 9 Apr 0725-0815 Spy, hello holes. Bird seen near top of holy tree. Starling nest in top by road. Did these guys nest last year? Is this Finch effect? I hear birds at RMUM 12 Apr 0830-0845 Watched From CV1, Saw two birds. All Flights were toward OKCO! 18 Apr 1505 Well, well, a low level power struggle. Chasing, drumming, a Few garricks, and obliviousness. And me w' no scope! 4-5 birds here 23 Apr 1410 All quiet here. Hello'd:nada. Starling nest in vertical dead limb over road. Old babies. Must die. 4 May 1830 Hello holes - nada. Starlings deposited. 10 May 0805-0835 Spied. The 2 birds were together in the granary almost the whole time (monog mate guarding?) except for 2 brief trips up the canyon (1 bird) and 2 Forays: [illegible] bird Flew out of granary, straight down CV and disappeared into/over the trees between Muff - CV&? The other bird would go only as Far as MILL. this happened twice. I don't think they have a nest. 0840-0850 Spied on DKHW-nada. (Val had seen birds here) 17 May 1500 Bird in canyon hole! 5 relatively Fresh eggs! 27 May 1215 14.5, RL=RR=9.2, LL=LF=9.2, RF=RW=9.1, r=3.5 17 June (est 13, 8, 8, 8, 4 at hatch), Banded 4 chicks.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CV2 HNHR 4 Aug 0900-0930. Saw 1911 (who was just over at DRHW) J 2107, 2108, 2109. Was I hallucinating or did I also see a NOBA juv. (there was a chase when I arrived) 8 Aug 1430 Having just Found Refl's 2nd nest, I realized that CV2 could well have nested again. Hello - nada. They still have plenty of acorns 6 Sept 1600 Probably just a branch squeaking, but I thought I heard a hatching in the granary.... Oh yeah, yelled all holes - nada. 7 Sept 1600 Hello - nada. (Before this an eagle was eating squ in gran) 8 Sept 1620 "" 13 Sept 1500 ""
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus OKCO HNHR 1 Apr 1530 No acorus 4 May Roost watch: Looks like mate-guarding to me. 3 birds together constantly. Right before dark a 4th bird showed up, but it appeared not to be appreciated. I'll swear there's a nest in the tree uphill from the bee tree. Census mañana. 5 May Jim was supposed to census (he knew where to look for the hole). Val went instead r ended up watching activity at a group beyond the dead sycamore. 6 May Jim goes to census, doesn't get 3rd bird (Did, he goes back (grr). ditto. Argh. Hole, what hole... 7 May 1300 I go r Find nest immediately right where I thought. Took Forever to get to it r prune. 2 Fresh eggs, no chips at all (though a ♂ was tapping inside when I arrived, I set Val up for a 1430-1630 watch. 9 May Roost watch, 1 bird checked out the hole I was watching, then left. Mucho birds at the nest hole. I was watching the nest organism @ my tree Jr V report NOBA ♂ here. Also report an was chased alot on 8 May, but now he's one of the Family. 17 May 1400 Cut open hole (it's connected to the upper hole). Only 2 eggs! Both opaque. But I remember they did look Fresh on 7 May, so they'll probably hatch tomorrow! Tied up an ambush. 21 May Val reports no visits to hole in 3 hrs! Damn. Abandon?
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus OKCO HNHR 22 May 0900 Arrive, no one in hole. Climb. Eggs cold. Abandon. Took eggs, removed ambusher. I don't understand. It was a very inconspicuous door and ambusher. Took eggs to lab + opened, one chick had died early on, the other after I cut the hole. Put in nunc tubes. 11 June 1020 Put a platform w Food on the Fence 16 June 1930 After much Fuss I set an ambusher on the nest hole (I peeped it; empty r had some junk in it). Jim had mentioned birds roosting in the sycamore snag the other night, so I went over to check it out. On arrival a bird flushed with a big bug in its bill. Hmm. Nest?? or just coincidence. I helld but saw/heard nothing. Several holes around but none looked good. I spied on the tree From 1900-1920 but no one came to it. I then went back + watched at the ambush hole. No one even checked it out, though I bird roosted in the 'holy' tree to the S of the nest tree. C'est la vie. Looks like no lapping tomorrow. 4 Aug 0900 Put out dog Food.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Dark Hollow H N H R Val sees a bird here 11 June A bird here! 13 June I put up a Food platform 4 Aug 0830. See Blm 3 notes For 4 Aug. There is a group here. Two birds seen together harvesting acorns. There is some weirdness though (Blm3,OKCO CV2). I saw a 9 OKM. I don't think this is 9 1965 - it didn't look at all like RWM) M. Put out dog Food 9 ODB/M decent look, Close but no cigar as 1965. Was 1965 a good ID on 920616? Check. > This is CV2 BF - but she was not seen in the granary, so... intruding? 5 Aug 1200 Platform empty : added Food. 8 Aug 1420 " 6 Sept 1610 Hello holes - gave em dog Food
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus UPHF H.N.H.R. 18 Apr Ambush. Caught all birds. Banded 4, plasma From all others Face 4 not painted, 1808 = pink, 1285 = yellow, 1647 = blue Took 1285 r 1647 to Dr Murray For laps (0945-1015) 1285: large testis, well developed vas deferens 1647: testis not as large, but v.d. well devel Released both birds back at UPHF at 1100. There was some activity here - hopefully 1285 + 1647 will whip thing back into shape. 9 May Walt reports bird in hole at top of next canon 10 May 1430 Climb, 3 Fresh eggs. Didn't cut. Instead put up a blind (very close - tried to camouflage w branches I had to cut to get a clear view) and did a watch. Hey, this limb is very dead. I'm not sure I want to be hanging under it when I saw it open. Walt, did you climb this? 12 May Walt cut open the hole - eggs not Fresh, Clutch = 3 Val watched roosting or no birds roosted in trad tree 14 May Still not roosting in trad tree. 15 May 1230 Looked for other holes in nest tree - there's just 1 small ugly one. Hmm. Checked nest - still not hatched 18 May 1200 Still not hatched! At least I didn't hear any. 20 May Walt reports big babies here (14g). Was it dusk? 25 May 1020 SE = 40, R = 36.5, egg still there. Set ambush. 27 May Nest ambush. Start 0830. Caught 1285 at 0856. T implant.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus UPHE HNHR: 28 May Nest ambush. Start 0930. ♂ Fed, then ♀, then caught 1647. Control implant, green paint. Roost watch. Bird Flushed on arrival (Val), Walt came up, but no one returned to roost. At 2100, I got the kids. DG = 63 (15.3), R=61 (15.4). They will stay at Red House 2-nite, will return them in am. Ugh. 29 May 0355 Returned chicks to nest. 6 June 1330 Banded the 2 chicks here. Lotsa cliffswallow bugs. Babies big (2095 had Fat tarsi) 4 Aug 1035 Put Food on the platform I erected in June 4 Sept Fall Nest! Walt bands kids today (see his notes) 6 Sept 1640 Gave em dog food
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHF HNHR 1 Apr 1410 200 acorns (300 if that tree isn't UPHF) 4 Apr 1500 Walt had reported bird in hole above '91 nest (other limb). I checked - empty. 14 Apr Jim sees 1 bird roost in low hole, Valerrie had 4 birds in the high vertical hole at UPHF 15 Apr Roost watch. Lotsa weirdness. 1 bird in W tree in cutout (2 door), at least 2 in 91 nest tree in lowish hole under the knot. (Ambush set at UPHF - nada) 21 Apr 1430 Val reports birds in the 90 hole (double door in hard to climb tree) - showing great interest in looking in it. I climb & peep (a pretty good one I'd say). Empty but nice chips. Probably egg tossing. I set a blind. I'd like to get their blood. The ambush is still set on the 91 hole. I hear activity on the backside of Haystolt across the road From PHF. 26 Apr 1400 - 1630 Watched For egg tossing. Not a damn thing. No one even visited the hole (Tho were in tree) 28 Apr Both 99 lay in the good hole (this brings egg total to 4 [3 normal + 1 runt]. Jim does PI watch, reports only 1 8r 19 showed (but both incubated) 29 Apr Set ambush at the upward Facing knot hole. One bird checked it out but didn't go in 10 May 0730 Eggs 5,6,7 unhatched. RL=4.6, LL=4.4, RW=4.5 1400 Egg 5 pipping. egg tooth 1715 Egg 5 way pipping. Marked 'w' sharpie.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHF HNHR: 11 May 1700 RW=11.5, LL=12, LLB=5.8, r=5.9, RL=12.3 LW=9. I dropped my pen so I was unable to Freshen the paint on some (most) of the babies. 14 May Roosting in nest tree (downhill?) and in a snaggy tree E to W 15 May 1225 I checked the snaggy tree r Found no holes. I think the "downhill" hole in the nest tree is actually in the middle of the tree, Facing E. Even as I stand here, crows are hanging on the granary pulling out dog food. 18 May 0850-1150 Nest ambush! Caught 1966, put in T (2 tubes) I hope it stays in. When 1962 went in I pulled r it got stuck on back right by the hole. 1962 flushed out, but 1613 went right in! Crows + Cooper's hawk harassed the ACW's all morning 1962 Finally went in (see cap rec) + we put in 2 empty tubes. 1966 = purple, 1962 = green. Saw all birds at MPHF 1200 C=28.4 (11.8), R=42.6 (13.6), LG=38.9 (13.1) Y=33.4 (12.2), B=39.5 (13.9), W=28.4 (11.4). Adults Fed dog food early on, then insects. 25 May Nest ambush! After 1 hr 15 min (started 0800) The 2 Females fed like gangbusters, 1613 Finally got cranked up, 1780 visited alot. No sign of 1966, 1962. 1615 Finally showed up + we nabbed him. Bleed + put in control implant. 26 May 0842 After 1 Feed + 30 min (start 0810), caught 1613. T.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHF 30 May 1800 Added 1 M. lewis to nest (so a total of 7!) 4 Aug 1030 Put out Food on platform. Took down last night's ambusher - no one went in. Not much of an acorn crop here. 6 Sept 1635 Hello holes (nada). Gave 'em dog food. 8 Sept 1730-1735 Spy. 1 Flight From near nest, 1 to other tree holes (area) and 2 Flites to a point in the decrepit tree past that one. Hello'd - nada. Food 12 Sept 1145-1155 Spy. Nada 13 Sept 1240-1330 Spy. Very slow, but saw 2 Flights to the "other" tree (historical nest). Will check. Climbed. Its about 1 m deep. I think not a nest. HNHR
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1992 M. Stanback n. Formicivorus LPHF HNHR 1 Apr 1400 Less than 20 acorns 29 Apr Walt reports nest w 3 eggs! 1 May "" 4 eggs. 9 May 2 wounds! Walt reports 2 hatchlings. This is 2 days early Folks - gonna be some major async! 10 May 1730 RL=8.0, LL=7.55, RW=4.3, LW=4.7 11 May 1730 RL=14.3, LL=12.9, RW=4.6, LW=4.4. These runts look bad, so I removed them to Plge (hey, I need helpers next year!) 4 Aug 1030 Put out dog food on LPHF-MPHF platform. 6 Sept 1635 Gave em d Food. 8 Sept 1745 Opened hole - Fresh chips. Put out Food 13 Sept 1345 "" - Except no eggs. Bird in tree an arriv.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus WGate HNHR 31 Mar 1200 Saw 3 birds here. 21 Apr 1200 Hello 90 nest hole - nada 23 Apr Walt reports nest in "traditional" (the lower) hole. 6 babies (5 d.o.) one is declining small. 11 May 1600 Banded 6(!) babies here. Small tarsi 8 June Put up a platform, but no food on it yet. 4 Aug 1330 Put dogfood on platform. Watched for 10 min (nada) 5 Aug 1215 Food still there. 10 Sept 0835-0845 Spy. Nothing nesty. Just random flycatching. 16 Sept 1200 Bird in hole! An old (75) hole facing Stromberg's gate. 1500 Well, its a different hole. Walt climbed (*@!), cut (⑨⑩!) and found it to be empty (!*@!!)
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1982 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Gate HNHR 1 Apr 0930 Saw 3 birds here Flycatching 21 Apr 1100 Jim reports bird in 91 nest hole 1500 I see bird in hole here 25 Apr 1030 Bird in hole. I climb - empty but nice. 26 Apr Never saw """. No birds at Nors, ArFT 29 Apr 1500 Hello - nada 19 May 1055 - 1105. Spy. Bird From gran towards Auf, also a Flight From school Hill to gran. Finally I see a suspicious Flight to the square nail Flat tree (backside limb). I check it out & there's a nice hole! Cut open. 2 hatchlings, 2 Fertile eggs! 20 May 1111 RL=8 LW=5.8, RW=4.5 LL=3.3. LL was still in OK shape, just small. 22 May After all that.... Jim watched & saw 2 visits in 3 hrs. Ants! 8 June Put up a platform in square nail flat. No Food yet. 9 Any 1320 DogFood onto platform 6 Sept 1445 Hellod hole - nada. Gave 'em dogFood. 10 Sept 0815-0830 Spied on 92 hole tree. A Flicker appeared From where hole is. I doubt its an ACW nest Hellod sycamore holes - nada 11 Sept 0655-0740 Spied Several Flights to 92 tree, but mostly seemed to be hanging out there (rather than visiting the hole). Also, yesterdays Flicker was in next limb over 1300 Bird in double hole in road sycamore (ant?&b 13 Sept the 1515 Bird in hole. Needs a climb. 14 Sept 1400 Bird in hole. Climb. Empty! (Limb breaks & Falls on me while I climb - fun....)
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1992 M. Stanback M. formicivorus Misc Groups WOLF HNHR 23 Apr See 1 bird here (driving by) 25 Apr 11:10 Again, see 1 bird here. Dark Hollow 11 June After a long abandonment, I see a bird at DKHW (Val had seen a bird here earlier in season) 13 June Put up a platform with food. 8 Sept Outback pm - hellod holes - nada. Bon Mummie pm - " " 10 Sept 0800 3 birds at Horsetail. Didn't have scope. 16 Sept WOLF: Thought I heard birds here. Wrp5: The nest tree Fell. Valhalla: " " (bees!) ROWA: hellod holes - nothing.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Pipe HNHR 23 Apr Drive by again. No one here 25 Apr 1100 2 birds here. Needs census. 1530 8? DB DG = [illegible]. Quit at 1640 (only got that one look) 29 Apr 1510 Saw 1 bird > 1388 (BM from SHIL) 6 June 0815 8 r 9 at Pipe. 9 had 0-4/10 (a wild guess) but I did see 0 on both legs. No ID on 8 (maybe K) Hey, the 9 must be 1468 from last yr (0/LG.0) Is the 8 1689 (KLm/LG.W/DB)? Quit at 0830. 7 June 1015-1045 Spy in truck - nobody shows! 8 June Put up a platform with Food. 4 Aug 1340 Put dogFood on platform. 1355 ACW Flushed from platform. 5 Aug 1220 2 ACW's. Food gone. Added more + water Roast watch: 2 birds into 91 nest hole. 6 Aug Set ambush: both birds in. (Food gone) 7 Aug Ambush - see cap recs 9 1468 + 8 1388 (not 1689) 9 ovaries small but possibly developing - not committed yet 8 large (very) + red (hypertrophy + hyperemic). So he's probably cranked up (or has an inflamed capsule) So... 1388 was a SHIL BM last year, when did he disap From there? Arrive Pipe 00 Ap 92 4 Sept Hello high hole (nada), put Food on platform (r H2O) 6 Sept 1450 " " " 8 Sept pm. hello - nada. Gave Food. 10 Sept 0800-0910 Watch - nada, hello - nada
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1992 M. Starback M. Formicivorus Road 1 H NHR 31 Mar 1040 LP-K/LB : 1573 seen at 91 nest hole. 19 Apr Before roosting, V&J report garricks, drumming, chasing. 26 Apr am. Despite the weirdness of 19 Apr, Fuchet effect birds are still there. 6 May Roost watch: Not a peep, except for some noise down towards Wolf. I torched R1 r Wolf holes or got nothing. 6 June 0845 I see a 9. Good ID of 8'1573. 9 is KPW/w (or maybe RW/LM). Anyway. A suspicious Flight. Then, using my unparalleled nest finding abilities, I find the nest. Babies! Bird still went all the way in. The nest is SE of the big skinny snag over by the creek. Wow! No longer Finch effect! 1630 Cut open hole or banded 2 22-day old chicks. Yikes! 7 June The plot thickens.... the BF (1683) showed up today ... and the "new" 9 is actually 1938, a HF born in 91. Lucest!! 8 June Put up a platform. Put some Food on. 4 Sept Put Food on platform, the sycamore granary leaning. 6 Sept 1500 Hello'd 92 hole (nada), gave 'em d food. 10 Sept 0915 Arrive + w/in 2 min a bird Flies down to 92 hole (not visible). I hello shortly thereafter, but nothing. 1100 Damn! An old chick! Banded, bled, set Val For watch
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M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Ench 8 Aug Weirdness here! Chasing etc. Val watches + reports 4 banded birds 3 NOBAs (NOBA's winning). Roost 9 Aug Set ambush a roost watch. Still weirdness, but now it seems to be a 9+8 pair (NOBAR). The 8 spends alot of time chasing a 3rd bird. Others around. I set a high hole (yuk!) ambush in the sycamore. I checked it out once before dusk + looked suspicious (hole was connected with hole had 2 entrances so I blocked one of them). No one into hole. Damn. 10 Aug 1540 I came by to check the ambusher (I left it up- what the hey). Its OK. 9 here is KK.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus R3 10 Apr 1300 Stopped to remove Feeder, 2 birds in top tree 18 Apr After many unfruitful censuses, Jim roost watches or gets. 3 birds into 91 nest hole. 19 Apr Set ambush. 4 birds go in (1 at 1900, 3 at 1910) 20 Apr Ambush! See cap vecs. Caught 1451, 1510, 1633, 1982. Both 1510 & 1633 have black in their crowns like a ? N& N Rg 1451 BF: 77 30.7 143 82 purple, mature oocyte 3mm diam. K N/m 1510 BM: 79.5 33.4 145 83 pink, medium testis, vol somewhat level. B0B Ym 1633 BM: 76.8 32.65 144 82 yellow, big testis MWB O& B 1982 HF: 69.5 30.2 138 81 green, inactive mature ovary 29 Apr 1510 Hello holes - nada 9 May Walt reports bird in hole (under knot Faces creek) 10 May 1030 Yo! That's a high hole. Bird at it when I drive by. 1130 Climb. 4 Fresh eggs. Set blind 21 May 1730 Q = 18.5, LB = 18.8, 16.4, 10.3 (looks OK) 9 June 1200 Banded 4 chicks & set up a platform (with Food) 4 Sept 1200 2 birds Flushed (suspiciously) as I approached. Put Food on platform. 6 Sept 1510 Birds in granary on arrival (by Foot). Gave Food. 1700 Drive by - no one in holes. 8 Sept 1600 Drive by - birds here, but not in holes. 14 Sept 1500 Drive by - bird in hole! I climb - it's j[illegible] old kids! I run back - get bleed stuff. So that's why there were no birds in the hole - they were past that stage. 2 Fat & sassy kids, 1 tiny runt (but looks OK) Band & bleed.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus SHIL HNHR 4 Sept Set ambush at nest hole (Faces Hastings, NE corner of Field) 6 Sept 0800 Ambush is set I'm in blind waiting. Wait until 1100. Its been pretty quiet. 1385 - 1426 Fed a few times, that's it. I'll try again tomorrow. 7 Sept Trying again. Set r ready by 0720. Slow, just 1385 - 1426 but B9 shoved up at 0845. But at 0850 someone got their foot in string & sprung it. Gave up at 0920 R = 68 (h = 4), 6th l° = 17, T = 17, TS = 9 18.0 LP = 42.5 5 4 1 cul 16.8 Fed the kids & left ambusher up (tied) 9 Sep 1230 81g 53.5 22 27.5 12 24 2° small 18.9 R DB 54 34 10 11 3 7 " 17.9 DG LB 81 m = 912.42748 54 m = 912.42749 Fed both The whole story: set & ready at 0815; gave up on juvs at 1145. Nabbed 1426 at 1150. 9 fed some today. rec
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1992 M. Stanback M. formicivorus Arf Too HNHR 17 May 1130 Hello holes, bird Flushes From top. Babies! 1630 RF = 15.1, LF = 15.8, r = 10.3 < a little thin No egg in nest, though lotsa shells. Clutch = 3 ? 10 June 1030 Put up a platform w/o Food. 7 Sept 1145 Hello'd holes - nothin, Gave cm dFood 11 Sept Walt hello's - nada 17 Sept Walt reports, 2 birds in upper hole 18 Sept 1600 I check both holes - empty & Filthy
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1992 M. Stanback M. formicivorus BKOK H/NHR 14 Apr Roost watching at A1 I hear birds at BKOK 15 Apr 0900 No action here when I stop by 19 Apr 0950-1010 I spy From uphill, get & DD 1030-1100 Watched From BKOK proper. Saw a NOBA ♂ in residence (involved in some chasing). Also saw ♀ L&.W/DG: and ♂ W-R/M: ♀ was seen w NOBA ♂ (maybe shes RWYM 4 June 1400 DB=48 (13.7) =31 (13.3) 8 June Damn, Val reports that no one Fed this morning. Damn. Methinks cutting a hole and setting an ambush should be done in 2 steps, not one. 10 June 1000 Put up a platform w/o Food. 6 Aug 1030-1055 Spied on nest limb From Lamb, saw only 1 bird or it did not go to hole (though it did land about 10 Ft away) 1200 Hellod holes - nada. And there's not much in the way of acorns (there's alot of aborted live oak acorns) 5 Sept 0800 Arrived hearing several birds. Saw ♂ 1190 but also a ♂ (looked or sounded like a juv) OKM: OLG. Some chasing, but don't know who involved. Later saw NOBA ♂ (juv) sitting in same tree as 1190. No ♀ seen. (Also hellod holes on 4 Sept - nada) 8 Sept 0800 Hello - nada. Spied 15 min - nada. Still have Food. 11 Sept Hello holes - nada. Counted acorns - it sux up here, and they're already storing. No nest?
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus AL H N H R 1 Apr 1730 Still has acorns, estim.~800 10 Apr 1630 Put 2 Feeders up. Hell6 holes - nada 14 Apr Arrived early For roost watch, hell'od holes - nada, no Food eaten From Feeder. Around roosting time @ 6 birds suddenly showed up. They moved around as one, never more than a Foot away From each other, (mate-guarding in a big big way) Finally roosted at 1900 in last years nest hole. Dare I ambush? The 41 tree is dead. Also I heard birds at BROK t saw birds at UA2 15 Apr 0820 Not having extra paper, I'll put this here. Saw a bird in BROK-BIAN no-man's-land, it flew down toward SOBO. No action at BROK. None at A1 1700 Climbed 91 nest hole to set ambush. 4 Fresh eggs' Didn't get 'em out, just left to ambush elsewhere. 26 Apr 1330 3 babies, 1 pipping egg (the pip was bleeding [partly dried] and I heard/Felt nothing inside. Hmm Clipped toenails: FR= 4.45 FL=5.5 RR=4.4 2 May Roost watch (mer Jin) Birds wanted to go in the low hole, but changed their minds (a lot of yelling - did they see Jim?) Anyway, they ended up at the nest tree - 2 into nest, 3 into the high hole (big) 3 May Set ambush at low hole in woods. Nothing 6 May 0900 RR= 0 = 46 (13.7) 1.5 // RF = Mv = 41 (12.9) :? LF = R = 45 (14.35) 1. No sign of 4th oo egg. 1 assume it did die while pipping, but maybe br 11 May 0845 Added in DB From LA2. Weighed A1 kids ->
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus AL HNHR (11 May) O 67.5 17.4 14.6 8.5 14 Mv 62 17 14.5 8 13 R 64 18.1 15 16 10 12.5 10 June 0945 Put up a platform w/o Food 6 Aug 1215 Gave 'em some dogFood. 4 Sept Hello'd holes - nada. Gave em some dogFood. 8 Sept 0830-45. Spied. Birds going to the cavernous hole - making abot of noise (just starting?) Nope, chicks! 1145 LB = 20.4, 17.5, 14.0 (3 kids). Gave dFood 18 Sept 1560 Got blind etc ready For a nest ambush. Skip reported 3 juvs Feeding alot here yesterday. 19 Sept Damn, shoulda set ambusher yesterday. Set r ready by 0730. Birds started coming w/in 20 min, though only 1340 was really willing to go in. All 4 juvs showed at one point or another, but none were willing to go in. BM 1562 (not on Field list) showed up too! Birds knocked down ambusher at 0830. Reset. By 1100 the glare was really bud. Finally quit r tied off ambusher at 1130. Damn. 20 Sept It just gets worse - worse. Set r ready at 1430. No juvs. Bird knocks it at 1530. Reset. At 1725 a juv Finally looks in, but doesn't go in. Quit at 1735 - retire. Why no juvs? 21 Sept Set r ready at 1330. At 1400, a juv grabbed the monofilament - yanked. Reset. Caught 8 2033. Sample + stress series. Banded - bled kids.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus A! HNHR 22 Sept Nest ambush! Set r ready at 1330. At 1353 BM 1026 went in followed by Juv 7 2034. Slam! Got 1026 out Fine, but 2034 was nowhere to be found (hiding up in the unreachable unseeable area). I plugged the hole r did 1026, but went back up r still no 2034. Damm. I gave up r took down ambusher. See cap rec. Well, that's it For 1992. A crazy, weird year. See ya in the Funny papers....
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KOUT HNHR 1 Apr 1745 Estim ~ 400 acorns left. Roost watch - nada. 10 Apr 1650 Hello holes. Is that KOUT birds at FAAR 15 Apr 0755 Saw & MO an unidentified 9 at FAAR 0845-0900 Spid.(KOUT) Bird went to a hole start in dead tree (I noticed lotsa chips on the ground in this area earlier this am). Didn't stay long. Saw 3 birds. At end 2 move Flew up (From FAAR but appeared to be chased toward ARSW). However, even after this I heard birds at FAAR. 0905-1000: FAAR watch. A 8 lives here K-WC/TO There's a Flicker nest building in a new low hole in the Fennel tree (Faces vavine). 9 ACW MO went to the high "nest tree" hole twice. 18 Apr Checked Holes w Flashlight - nada (I hello'd before dusk) 19 Apr 0800 hello'd holes - nada. There's weirdness in the FAAR-KOUT area. Just intruders. 22 Apr Ambush! Jim said he saw 3 birds go in, but after 5 hours we gave up on trying to get the 3rd bird. Got 1127 & 1221 (who wasn't on Field list) I'm not sure there was a 3rd Bird - I poked around w sticks, let it sit 2 hours while intruders were in the tree (not for 2 hours) and finally tried smoking them out. No go. A shitty day. Oh yes, the bands on these are now: (I changed...) 1221 LB-Y/M KWN/LB 1127 dp Ig 26 Apr 1300 Hello holes - nada 1 May Jr V report 3 birds in a hole in the burned gran at 1820
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KOUT HNHR 2 May 0745 Jim shows me the hole. No one there. Its the middle hole in the trunk (burned-dead) Facing ARSW. 0845 I check the holes (there are 3 here) The middle one has mold r is a dead end, the one on the left is OK; the one on the right is nice - but I'm not sure whats really up. 1830 Set ambush at right hole (what the heck). Didn't cut it open tho(since not sure). Shoulda. 4 birds into hole. Ambush tomorrow. Yikes. 3 May Ambush! But not 4 birds - just 2. 1127 (bled quickly) and a NOBA ♂ (now 2022). Who is this bird. Are there 99 here at all? I did notice a NOBA ♂ yesterday eating acorns when the owners left. Paint: 1127 = pink, 1221 = blue, 2022 = blue cheeks, yellow Forehead spots Roosting: Set ambush again (cut the hole open). No one showed any interest in that tree 6 May 0915 Hello holes - nothing, but lots action at ARSW. 11 May 0900 Hello holes - .. 1015-1050 Spy. Bird to high hole in the big Valley oak toward AI FAAR KOUT Summit. 1100 Get string up, get rope up, climb - it's a bluebird nest (4 eggs) The hole right below it is empty a dirty (not in nest mode). Damn. 17 May 0730-0800 Try nest spying, but they're too interested in the power struggle at FAAR. So am I. I do see 1127, 1221, NOBA ♂, ♂ NOID
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KOUT HNHR (17 May) 0900 While spying on FAAR ps, I see 2 Kout birds at a hole in a small dead tree SW of burn tree. Hole doesn't look great, but hey, a second visit as I write Time to climb. Faces SE...Well, this is the 1st good thing to happen in days... I Fresh egg! I probably blew it though..., by cutting it open - I shoulda just left it til later - they'll probably abandon now. Oh yea!, the 2 birds I saw at the hole were 9 or 1127 (pink). Set blind. Watch this afternoon. Hope. Damn, damn, damn, damn, damn, damn. Jim reports no visits to the hole. Why did I cut? Damn. 18 May Chill out. All's well, they just didn't visit on 17 May. Except the only 3 visiting the hole is 1754 (not on Fieldlist) 24 May 0950 Checked hole - empty! 1007-1027 Spied - no visits to burn holes (even though birds in that tree) 1035-1125 Spied From Hastings side. Saw 4 birds. No real hints anywhere. Maybe slight mate guarding. There was a visit to the monster hole 29 May 1520 Bird at the "junkpile" hole (the nest). I go over + climb it - empty. Egg tossing? Weirdness, 1640-1705 Spy. At one point a bird flew to a yucky low hole (E-Facing, just above the ambush hole, and more to E) in the burn snag. Anyway, it didn't go in. They're flying around together. At 1700 all 3 went to the "Bluebird nest tree" up around the 65 nest. I hollid but got nothing.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KEUT HNHR 4 June 1500 2 Eggs! (2 birds Flushed) in the E Facing hole in the oth-hand Fork of the burned tree Didn't cut it open. 6 June Jim reports 1 8 on 5 June, 2 on 6 June. Is the 9 different? (than last time)? He suspects there may be a 2nd nest - hole maintenance pecking. 10 June 0930 Peeped nest, 4 translucent eggs and no bird in hole (any of the times I came by) Hmm Put up a platform w/o Food. 18 June 1230 Came up to weigh hatchlings - nest empty! and birds acting weird (garricking, a drum) What's going on here? Needs a census. I put Food on platform. No more acorns here! 6 Aug 0815: Saw [illegible] Foot = 1754. Helled holes - nada. Put Food & water on platform 0930-1000 Spy From truck. No one sighted. Too close? 1105-1120 Helled, then spied on hole. Nada. Quiet. 4 Sept Hello holes - nada, gave Food & water. Granary tree dying, but has nice acorns (terminal effort?) 8 Sept 0850 Spied, helled - nada 10 Sept Val sees bird roost in high Fence hole NW of gran 11 Sept Hello high hole r others - nope
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus ARSW HNHR 5 May Jim sees 9 0-K/O at ARSW, playing in holes. 6 May 0800 Lots of action here (lots birds) 11 May 0910 Bird Flusher From nest hole. NOBA & seen afterward. 18 June 1245 A bird here, but it it Lamb? 4 Sept Hello - nada
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LAMB HWHR 15 Apr 0735 OK/OK seen at summit. The main granary Y.K/M tree has fallen here. I was garnicking. 19 Apr 0745 Noid seen at summit. 1 May Jr V report bird in hole twice this afternoon 2 May 0900 9 flushes From new hole in trad tree (Y)? Checked hole - empty, but Fresh chips. Did not cut: 11 May Jim checked the hole several times between 2-8 May. At 0930 I hello'd holes - nothing. I peeped the new hole but never got a good peep - mainly because of the ants. They are really bad. Really. 1000 Hearing garnicks r drumming, I come up to find only a ? (You rite?). Is this 1378, tha, I later do see 1378 or Noid ? 24 May 1000 Peep new hole (empty) or backside hole (empty, I think). "Orig" hole covered in ants. 29 May 1545 Hello the holy tree, then peep. Nothing. 10 June 0930 Hello - nada. Put platform w/o food on Fence. 18 June 1250 Hello-nada. Put Food on the platform. There were a couple birds here when I arrived. 6 Aug 0835 Hello-nada. 1015 Bird Flushes From upper right of tree - no lides. I try to peep, but the *#@! peeper's Fucked. So none of them work. None. The one I have with me is an old one that worked a little bit yesterday, but not today. Fuck. Anyway, I opened the back hole- empty.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus FAAR HNHR 15 Apr 0905-1000 See KOUT notes. There are birds here! ♂ KW(?) to ( ) ♀ me ( ). I went to the high nest tree hole twice. 19 Apr 0800 They seem to be having intruder problems here (Garricks, wakas, some chasing) & flew to hole r into. 2 May 0800 Hello hole - nada 1030 Climbed, both holes empty, but nice (bird at hole on arrival) 17 May 0800-0900 Power struggle! Sort of. 1699 is busy chasing & MOK LB/R-LB & maybe a ♂ OK 1371 & 1749 are busy, but don't seem to mind BRB Lotsa spillover & general chasing. 29 May 1505-1515 Spied. Completely dead. 10 June Jim reports no nestiness, but see his notes. No platform 6 Aug 0855-0915 Spy. No visits to nest holes. Watched ( bird (the only I saw) For 15 min - never went to a hole. 8 Aug 0900-0915 Spy. Nothing much, but some flights to trad tree (but not holes) 9 Sept 0940-0950 Bird to hole (?) in tree NW of trad. tree. View From E: R Flicker hole Nest (saw sev more visits Faces uphill (w) on W side of the middle limb, 1030 3 kids! 27g (10.8)//15.5g//24g (9.2) = DG
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1992 M. Stanback M. Stanback Formicivorus UA2 HNHR 2 May 0815 Saw bird here 17 May 1000 Saw 8 here 1015-1045 Watched granary. 1 NOBA 8, heard ≥1 other bird Didn't Jim see 4 banded birds here? 39 May 1500 Hello'd holes. No birds seen. 10 June Put up platform w/o Food. 6 Aug 0845 Put Food + water on platform. 1125-1135 Spied. Nothing. 4 Sept Hello-nada, Food + 142C 8 Sept 0920-0930 A small power struggle (?) mostly quiet chasing. Mostly Females (1+NOBA 8, a NOBA juv becoming a Female, and 9 OZA (is this the same one at BKO5?)
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LAZ HNHR 1 Apr 1750 Lots acorns - est ~ 1000 remain 10 Apr 1700 Hello holes - nada 15 Apr 0830-0840 Spied ... and bird flew to 91 hole! 0900 Bird in hole on arrival. 5 Freshish egg + a run t egg = 6. #3 looked newest (I numbered 'em as I took em out) maybe laid yesterday. Damn, why didn't I open the hole on 15 Apr!? 29 Apr Valerie has done 2 watches here in which no one showed. I assumed a dead nest. Walt checked it 2 day + Found 4 chicks (3 d.o.) one of which was starving. One dead egg, one run t egg. Didn't get weights 2 May 0815 3 do. on 29 Apr ?? Hmm ... DB = 22.5, R = 18.3, O = 17.8, r = 9.3 (Saw bird at LAZ) 4 May 1115: r = 18.8, R = 32.9 (11.5), O = 31.5 (12 B x 36.5 (12). Added in K From Ravi (G died on way up here) 11 May 0800 R 60.5 17.7 13.3 6 12.2 B 64 18 13.5 14.5 6.5 13 to 41 O 58 17.7 13.4 7 12 - 47 16.7 5.7 3.5 5.5 K 50.5 15.5 4 1 2.5 17 May 10 (0 Saw 4 birds in top of tree together 10 Aug Put up platform w/o Food. 4 Sept Hello - nada. Gave em Food 8 Sept 0955-1000 Saw suspicious Flight into woods. Gee, 3 nests in one morning! Damn, I'm good.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LAZ 8 Sept 1100 DE-DB = 57.5 (16.7) 9.5 (6) 10 How'd we miss these the other day? 62 16.7 8 7 10 20 Sept 1750 Set a blind For a watch. Didn't hear kids.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BLAN HNHR 15 Apr 0820 Saw VOID bird here, Flew toward SOBO 19 Apr 1010-1020 8+9 (VOID) are resident here. 29 May 1400 Cut open hole, 3 kids. 44 (13.9) = O, LG = 48 (15) 49.5 (15:25) = - 31 May Jim reports 8 1232 + 9 1463 - maybe a 3rd bird. 7 June 1300 Banded the 3 (a little young, but hey....) 10 June Put up a platform w/o food in Bianca Field 4 Sept Nest! Hear babies. Walt climbs & Finds 3 5 Sept 0910-1110 Nest watch. No sign of juvs (8+9 Fed dot) Caught BF For hormones - stress series, See cap recs Bled - measured 3 Kids (didn't band). Thin kids, but Fatty plasma. 9 1463 Fed 35 times (2 hrs), 8 1232 Fed 37 times (6 FS remov) 9 Fed more at beginning, Feeding declined a lot in 2nd hour 11 Sept 1000 Banded kids, see cap recs.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Hormones HNHR 14 Apr Bled 1-leg ♂ in Ravi, then took other 3 For laps (lapped only ♂ 1789) 15 Apr Ravi lays 1st egg 17 Apr Ravi lays 3rd egg. Bled 1789. 18 Apr Ambush UPHF. Bled 3 ♂♂ (not sure if all breeders) took ♂ 1285 + 1647 to town For lap. 1285: large testis + well developed vas deferens, 1647: testis not as big, v.d. well developed. 19 Apr Bled Ravi ♂ 1785 20 Apr Ambush R3. Bled 1451 (BF), 1510 (BM), 1633 (BM), 1982 (HF). Took all in For laps. 1510 + 1633 have 7-like plumage. 22 Apr Ambush KOUT. Used net bag, so long interval before 2nd bird. 2 BM caught On the 2nd (1221) I got a single cap tube after 1 hour of post-bleed stress. 23 Apr Ambush LHay. Bled 2 BM 1 HF (Fiuch effect). 2 birds to vet. Got a 2nd sample from 1629 an hour later. This is the best Fiuch effect since they have lots acorns. 25 Apr Ambush Chgo. Blood From money pair w/o helpers or w/o acorns. Got cort sample from ♂ 45 min later. Made a discovery - spinning longer + Faster does make a difference! Shit! Old policy (5 mins at 4 clicks) is no move. New policy = 10 min at 7 clicks! Today's samples are the last of the old policy. 28 Apr Bled 1788 in RAVI. Eggs will hatch tomorrow. 1 May Ambush 1500, catch BM, BF, HM, HF. BM, BF, HM to vet For lap. Blood From all. No acorns. Shoulda got cort
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Hormones HUNHR 2 May Bled 1789 - 1785 in aviary (have babies) 3 May Ambush KOUT. Bleed 112) + a NOBA 8" (now 2022) 4 May Took RAVI 8" 1785 For lap, Medium sized (#2) testes. Kids in nest. Removed kids after returning him. So... testes do shrink after mating (did I bleed?) 13 May Bled 4 Ravi 8" (laid 2nd egg today) 18 May Nest ambush MPHF. Put T in 1966, control in 1962 19 May Roost ambush Gazo (grumble....), put 2 T implants in 1416 23 May Nest ambush Ref 1. Bleed BM 1526 (Fed Fine in afternoon) 25 May Nest ambush Ref 1. Bleed + T implanted BM 1525. Nest ambush MPHF. Bleed + control implant BM 1614. 26 May Nest ambush Ref 1 (1326) Control implant Nest ambush MPHF (BM 1613) T implant 27 May Nest ambush Murf (BM 1774) T implant Nest ambush UPHF (BM 1285) T implant. 28 May Nest ambush UPHF (BM 1647) control implant 29 May Nest ambush Murf (BM 1813) control implant. 2 June Nest ambush Moon (BM 2068). Bled 3 June Bled Ravi 8" 1788. Collected For T. Birkhead. 5 June Nest ambush Buck (BF 20) 18 June See RAVI notes 5 Aug Roost ambush at 1500 Got 1609 (BF), 2015 (H.M), 2014 (HF). Got samples, cort stress series, - laps. Problem: Val Fucked up the samples - lost 1/2 of stress series, dumped it in with samples. Probably the most important ambush of the year - Fucked. See 1500 notes for lap data.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Hormones HNHR 7 Aug Roost ambush at Pipe. Got δ+γ. γ maybe coming into condition; δ is cranked up. So does δ generally crank up 1st? If so, I guess the 1500 HM is as big as he's going to get. I wish I hadn't lost the BM at 1500. Damn. 11 Aug Roost ambush at Rana, 3 birds. Samples plus stress series. No laps, Back to 10 min at 4 clicks - 5 clicks blows out tubes (of course. I did have 4 blow out today.) Birds were juv γ, yearling δ, AST δ 5 Sept Nest ambush at Bian (BF) Had hoped to get a Feeding juv, but no sign of them during nest watch. 9 Sept After several days of trying for juvs (who never showed) I nab BM 1426 at SHIL. Sample + stress series. 12 Sept Roost ambush Buck. Took Forever getting birds out (BM 1399) (BF 2090). Some delayed blood. See cap rec 14 Sept Nest ambush juv Feeding Kids at Murf! Stresseries. 15 Sept Nest ambush at CVGR. HM 1616. Sample, stressseries, lap. Vas def not so big, but testis is rather large (2 on a scale of 1-3). Was very Fat (internal) 17 Sept Nest ambush at Murf. BM 1774. Sample, most of a stress series & removed his spring T implants. 18 Sept Roost ambush (a.m.) at Rana. 1 juv - 2 adults. Got samples + most of a stress series. 20 Sept Roost ambush at Rana II. 2δ, 2γ (NOBA's). Samples or stress series (only 2 per) were widely sep in time. 20 Sept Nest ambush at CVGR. Sample or stress series on JB 2038 "" FAAR. Walt gets sample on BF 1371 (didn't lay?) 21 Sept Nest ambush At. Ju 2033.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Hormones HNHR 21 Sept Nest ambush at A1. J 2033. Stress r sample 22 Sept Roost ambush at CVGR. J 2039 stress r sample Nest ambush at CVGR. J 2040 stress r sample Nest ambush at A1. Got BM 1026 (J 2034 went in, but hid in some inaccessible part of the cavity. Damn) So I did samples r stress series on 1026
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI HNHR 7 Apr Started giving them acorns, Bird in log. 12 Apr " " mealworms " . No eggs 14 Apr 1130 Bled "i leg". 80.9 g, 35.7 bill , No eggs incit: 57.5, 59.5, 54, 53, 54, 48 green paint large 1630 lap = 87.3, 33.5=culm, tail=86, wc=151 yellow paint large RO: 55, 33.3, 83 (shot), 152 blue paint OW: 80, 32.8, 82 (shot) 148, purple, no lay 15 Apr 1100 1 Fresh egg ! Marked it. 16 Apr 1100 2 eggs. " green ✓ 17 Apr 1130 3 eggs. Marked. Bled 1789 -purple 18 Apr 1200 4 eggs. Marked. 19 Apr 1300 Still 4 eggs ... that's all Folks 1783 = OW = purple paint 1785 = GG = yellow " : bled this guy today (1500) 1788 = leg = green " 1789 = RO = blue paint Tried jugular bleed on 1783. didn't work, big hematoma Trial " " . 1785 after doing a wing bleed For blood, Jug didn't work. In Final desparation, I tried it on the 9, didn't work there either 23 Apr 1150 Bled 1783. Afterwards Knol birds (all 4!) came up + Fought with RAVI birds. Landed on the aviary top + pecked at 'em! RAVI birds all attacked back in Force (Knol bird(s) one at a time on aviary top.
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1992 M. Stanback M. formicivorus RAVI HNNR 27 Apr 0900 Measured eggs: #1-27.15 x 19.55, #2-26.95 x 20.0 #3-27.75 x 20.8, #4 27.65 x 20.45 #4 is infertile Looking at last years records 1783 or 1785 were the only ones visiting the nest during egg laying Does this explain 1785's large testes? 28 Apr 1300 Bled 1788, Eggs not yet hatched. Gave mealworms this am at 0650 29 Apr 0530 chick from egg #2 = 4.4, #1 - #3 pipping. 0800 #3 Further along, marked egg tooth 1540 RL=6.35, LL=tooth=6.35, RL=5.75. After weighing, Connie dropped RL. He died. Put in Freezer, 30 Apr 0515 RW=5.95, LL=6.65 1130 6.8 7.8 1 May 1030 RW=10.3 LL=10.1 1810 w=13.1 L=13.2 2 May 0700 w=12 L=129 1145 Bled 1789 (1) or 1785 (2) (1789 gusher) Saw 1788 peck 1789, Get heart From Jim 3 May 1635 w=22.7 L=22.3 4 May 0700 GG = medium-sized testes (#2 rank) 1785 0900 Put one of the kids into Lucia's nest (who had, unfortunately, eaten all her eggs - so she was not 1015 w=22.7 bill=9 = K // L:22.7(9.?) = QG [illegible] Oh yeah, so I put DR in w Lucia; Lucia went into the sex, I heard baby noises, and then I came out w the baby in her mouth (speared, not just held) I rescued the kid + put back into RAVI.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI HNHR (4 May) The chick was bleeding + bruised + had some hematomas, but I thought it would be OK. At 1015 I took K & DG up the Arnold to LAZ, but DG was dead when I got up there. Damn. 12 May 1000 It's about time! Egg #1 in middle log. Video pm 13 May 0815 New eggs (2 dots). Bleed 1783, 1785, 1788, 1789. Marked Foreheads For video. Start video @ 0840 14 May Video am. At 1200 I added in 3 cold eggs from OUTB (#1-3) and marked the new egg here (::). 15 May 0930 She laid #4 (::). I need to check to see how eggs are moved around, both individually and as a group. Today it was new [illegible]. Well wait, I do know eggs get moved during the egg laying period, but how often? 1515 Check position: :: = 5, :: = 6, :: = 7 16 May 1230 Well, well, she laid another egg (her #5, I numbered it #8. No longer the tight cluster of 7. 7^2 4 And they do shift eggs around. See -> 17 May 1200 1 4 6 8 3 5 7 , Didn't give 'em mealworms today 19 May 0900 1 6 8 2 8 6 7 5 4 2 1 6 8 5 20 May 1145 21 May 1100 all still translucent! 2 7 1 23 May 1030 Damn! What gives? All eggs still not opaque! They're all dead! How did it happen? What now? 24 May 1600 I declare the nest dead, give them mealworms, acorns, steal the eggs, & measure them. 1 = 26.2 × 20.25, 2 = 27.5 × 21.05 3 = 26.5 × 20.6, 4 = 27.6 × 20.55 , 5 = 27.3 × 20.3
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI H/NHR (24 May) Egg wts 1: , 2: , 3: , 4: 26 May 1200 4+ 2 88 in 92a log. Empty. I've been giving them mealworms daily since 24 May 31 May 1130 Today there was not a bird in the 92a log. I still gave them their mealworms. Checked log-no eggs 2 June 1000 2 eggs! I guess FED = 1 June. What do now? 3 June 0645 3 eggs. Bled 1788 (one leg) + euthanized him For Tim Birkhead. Testes 9 x 7 mm. Put in Formalin. 4 June 0900 4 eggs. Numbered 3 r 4 (no ovuler) 6 June 1020 5 eggs. Didn't # the new one. (LED = 605) 15 June 1600 Well, once again the RAVI birds have dead eggs, so I take them out o replace them with a hatchling + 3 Fertile eggs From Rana II Ravi eggs 1=26.05x20.5, 2=26.75x20.85, 3=26.4x20.65, 4=26.85x21.1, 27.3x20.5=5 16 June 0915 B=7.75, RL=4.75, LL=4.45, RW=4.25 17 June 1715 B=16.1, RL=9.6, LL=8.2, RW=5.2 (not lookin good) 18 June 0800 runt not looking good, I gave him 2 mealworms. 1615 RL=13.5, B=19.5, LL+B=27.0, s=dedd r=5.5. WO=86g, RO=80g, 4=95g 1603 Bled GG^1785 / 1608 WO / 1639 WO / 1613 RO 1643 RO / 1632 g ^1787 [subsequent wts by stack, Bradley] 20 June no times! db-w = 27.0, y-mv = 18.2, NOBA dead 21 June 31.5 26.3 22 June 3.7 27.5 28 June 5.2 44.8 3 July 6.5 50.2 6 July 71.5 55.8 9 July 69.3 54.2 16 July ↓ dead this must be 2127
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus - Misc. Groups RANA Crk Ranch 28 Apr 1645-1920. Granary still has lots of acorns. I saw a NOBA 9 and another NOBA (8?) in the granary. Pretty shy (make that very). Hello'd holes - nothing. Wait, wait. I move down the driveway o spy on a group in a huge dying valley oak down by the road o pond. Lotsa acorns + 5 birds 1835 Spot 9 KM = 2007. Roosting was confusing... it looked like → 1 bird in the nest hole. On my way out a bird was in the low "road" hole. 13 May OUTBACK: Yesterday Walt Found nest, peeped, 2 Fresh eggs. I came today (3 Fresh eggs [1-3]) cut open hole o set ambush For B.M. 1130-1538 Waited For 8. NOBA 9 visited (w/o going in) at 1206, 1244, 1322, 1410. At 1412 a banded 8 (didn't get bands - I was getting ambusher ready) visited (no entry). Both birds were wary about the cut and the ambush. I fear they are abandoning. Roost Watch: How depressed can I get. I left the ambush up since it survived gale-force winds this afternoon. However, I arrive at 1840 to find it dangling. I fix it o watch. A bird checks out the nest hole, but leaves. At 1935 I start climbing tree to secure the ambush, but I flush 2 birds out of a high hole! One eventually went to a hole in the next tree. Is this postdoc worth doing? Nothing works!
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M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Rana Creek HNHR 11 Aug Ambush! Pole into the low hole. 3 birds (2 came out as soon as the 1st screamed. One was ♂ 2009 From 1991, plus a juv (turning into a 9), and an adult ♀. Plasma sample plus stress series. Too late to get a lap done. Oh well. 17 Sept Rana pm. Watched awhile. Saw j ♂ RG = 2131, ♀ NOBA, j NOBA, and ♀ WO = 2008. Granary still empty. Roost watch: 2-3 in pole hole (≥6 in group) Rana Creek II: Several birds over here, didn't see any bands. They are busy Filling their granary and are chasing everything (doves, sparrows) I will try to net here tomorrow I set some strings. 19 Sept Skip - I put up nets. Set r ready by 1420. No birds even came. Bagged it r took down strings at 1520. Oh well, it will be a great tree to catch birds in during a power struggle. Roost watch: 4 birds into pole-able hole 20 Sept Ambush! 4 NOBA's (2♂, 2♀) I think all were adults. No sign of the baby I banded. Got samples r 2 corts per bird. Long intervals tho. See cap recs for details Rana: 2009 LG Y M LG 2155 LP·Y Y·LP M LP·K 2156 W·LB LB·W 2157 M LB 2158 Y LB·R 2159 LB·LG W W M 2007 DB DB M 2160 O·LB O 2008 W O / 2131 M LG 2132 O DB M v.
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Misc Groups H NHR + 14 May OUTBACK : 0900 set ambush. Waited until 1215 ... no visits, no Fresh egg today. Have they abandoned? Even if they haven't, they're not doing me any good.... so I take the 3 eggs and put in aviary for brood reduction experiment. Egg sizes: 1: 25.45 x 20.6 (), 2: 25.85 x 19.8 (), 3: 25.9 x 20.65 () 26 May Rana Creek : 1230 Spied on the house group a bit. Juveniles! At least 2. Oh well! Still have lots of acorns - maybe a 2nd nest.... i then went down to the small pond just down From the house group. Just past it, past the dirt road is another nice granary. I watched n soon got 2 visits to a hole. I went to check it out r heard pecking inside. Juvs? Don't think so - an adult flushed - and they seemed to be mate guarding! I think there's an egg! (I climbed [very weird] and my [illegible] peeper was dead. Must return with the big ladder. Jim - I did. Hole empty. 30 May Dan reports a banded bird with food going in a hole. 31 May MOON: yes Dan, it's moonshine in their trad tree. Set 1530 wt bill l's 1' TS T Ch Bar ambush. LG 78 18.7 19 23 12 19 48 K 72 19.3 18 19 10 165 44 - 74 18 19 21 10 16 46 1 Jun 1500 - 1600 MOON. Unbanded pair. Fed a lot. No ambush yet 2 June 0600 Set ambush. Caught 8 2068 at 0630, Walt will catch 9 [illegible] M. M. [illegible]
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1992 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Misc Groups 15 June Rana Creek II. Arrived at 1400, bird Flushed From the hole. Climbed r peeped. I hatching r eggs. The nest is in a back chamber, not the front one I had peeped. Anyway, I set an ambush r waited For an adult. One came, I pulled string, r it got stuck! I reset it, waited, r Finally another adult showed up, I pulled... stuck! Arrgh! By now its past 1500 and as its a cold windy day, I say To this sh--, climb up, open the nest (it kind of fell apart) and pulled out ) cold baby r 3 cold eggs. I warmed them up a bit in the baby box, then headed home (after holloing holes at Rana I). To the aviary, where I stole their dead eggs r put these in. Let's keep our Fingers crossed! 16 June 0530 I've been seeing ACW's going to the Red House jay platform For days now, r I had assumed it was KNOl birds, but the was a Lewis with them (2) today. There was I chase, but I think it was a KNOl bird vs another ACW. These mystery birds are SHIL I would guess. 10 Aug Rana II: 1630-1715 Spied For Fall nest - nada (though there were birds around) Flights to the trees to W. 1800: Nest! One Fledged while I climbed. Banded the other! Rana: 1725-1745 Spied, Lotsa birds (3 ME = No obvious nestiness. After banding Rana II, I-flashlite the low hole here - a bird!
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1992 M. Stanback Melanerper lewis San Antonio Valley 30 May Another stellar visit to the San Antonio Valley. I Found 6 lewis' nests (just walk around r listen for kids) They are (I swear) colonial. Where you Find 1 nest, you can Find 2 more nearby! vc 1's 1° TS T nest# 109 33 80 20 52 } 107 32 78 18 53 } 111 34 73 20 50 } 50 18 23 8 15 } 71 32 43 14 28 } 59 24 33 12 22 } 55 22 28 9 16 } Murf 2046 33 10 11 6 10 ruint (purple) 3 SHIL 2041 88 38 58 21 37 Pink white tail 4 CVGR 2043 93 38 62 24 39 Pink white rump 4 CVGR 2042 95 37 64 24 41 Pink paint head 4 CVER 2044 93 32 64 24 43 purple shoulder ot 3 Gazo 2045 89 35 53 23 40 purple lft should 3 Gazo 2047 89 40 58 20 37 purple rt chest 3 MPHT 2049 62 20 33 15 25 - center chest 5 Plg 2050 68 29 35 22 28 green rump stripe 6 Plg 2051 70 32 41 16 28 - bill 5 CVI 2052 77 32 46 18 31 green rt shoulder 6 Ref1 2048 57 20 30 15 21 - 5 Together we Found 8 nests, only opened 6. Experiment. Remove an ACW chick r put in a lewis', see if the Feeding rate changes. (CVGR added 31 May am)
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1992 M. Stanback Species Accounts HNHR 7 Apr Western Flycatcher starting nest on Red House porch Barn swallows w ½ complete nest at lower barn 10 Apr 1700 Found my buddy the pond turtle [illegible] near crossing Hastings 15 Apr W. Flycatcher lays 1st egg on porch. Barn swallow nest: lower barn 16 Apr 17 Apr " did not lay 3rd egg. 18 Apr " laid 3rd egg 20 Apr " 4th egg. This 9 is very skittish 27 Apr Horned lizard at Red House, Plathemis at upper barn 29 Apr Valley oak in MPH F has baby acorns! 2 May Blue oak on Arnold w baby acorns Small brown short-winged swifts on Arnold 1200 P r of ravens flying around central canyon A golden oak on the Arnold was just now putting out leaves r catkins 4 May A pigeon on Hastings - at Red House yet - trying to get in the big window of the back room. Bands: (R) M w/ clear orange plastic coat 1563 SMR (L) yellow rubber 6378 W Flycatchers on Red House porch hatched 2 day. 9 May Turkey nest w 9 eggs at 1800 (by cweek) After hanging around Red House eating oatmeal, the pigeon finally disappeared this morning. Eaten in the night? Took off? Bye Homer... 14 May Vinegar weed is up at Outback. 15 May 1950 Coyotes at Coral Viejo. 19-20 May Mattilla poppies blooming at Griffins, Fawn!
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1992 M. Stanback Species Accounts H NHR 21 May 0846 Western Flycatchers Fledge on Red House porch. 31 May W. Flycatchers lay 1st egg of 2nd nest. My oak has new shoots 1 June " " lay 2nd egg. (I'm watering the oak) 2 June No egg laid Friday by W.F. 3 June WFc laid 3rd egg 4th 18 June 3 hatchlings r 1 egg (will it hatch?) I have seen very few Fawns this year 4 Aug Coyote (1) at Far Knoll (by Laguna Conejo) at 0740 24 Mallards in Laguna Conejo, Jackrabbit at Red House My general impression now that I'm back is one of Fallen trees - DKTW, CVI, MurrF. What gives? 5 Aug I see a deer between 1500+1800 lying in the sun bobbing his head. I investigate: a Fawn from this year with head wounds r major rump, rear leg wounds. Can't walk. Mark J shoots him. Big kitty kat - but how did he escape? Val heard screams at 1500 at 10 pm last nite. Where's mom left carcass under the trees by the creek. Another general impression - the bumper crop ain't. Sure, the live oaks are finally producing, but they're not really loaded, And I've run across quite a few that are aborting. My call now is "average year." 7 Aug The rabbit that's blind in his left eye (that I saw this spring at Griffins) was up near Walt's today. 8 Aug Active brown towhee nest w eggs (3) in Tree between MRS Office - old lab. (PS - it failed, eggs never hatched)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CHGO HNHR 22 Apr 1300 Front hole has a Few Fresh chips. Back hole has more. No eggs or birds in hole. 21 May 1300 Well no wonder it took so long! 8 eggs! Fresh (7 + runt) (1 removed runt). So Z 99 here. who? 31 May 1300 B = 10.5, LW = 10.2, BL = 8.6, LL = 6.4, RL = 5.3, RW = 4.9. These latter 2 were a little thin (hatched yesterday) One egg infert. 1 June 1100 B = 13.2, LW = 13.4, BL = 12, LL = 7.5, RL = 8.0, RW = 6.0. I declared RW doomed and removed him to stick in Wolf's new dead egg nest. 6 June 1100 B = 30.8, LW = 31.5, BL = 28.3, RL = 21.5, LL = 15.9 // LW = 6, B = 0, BL = M, RL = R, LL = W LL has a messed up (cut) toe on L Foot. I tied off a bobber near the hole. 9 June 1600 Set r tied off ambusher. 10 June Set r ready at 0645. Caught 8 Z175 For bleed o T implant, Then got 8 1665 For control. 99 aren't on list, so I don't know if I should've changed any bands. C'est la vie! 22 June 0700 Went to Wolf and stole their Foster child From Chgo (boo-hoo) Banded, bled, r returned to Chgo whereupon I banded r bled (semi sisters series) the 5 kids there, bringing the total up to 6.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BUCK HNHR 2 April 1710-1750 Spied From cabin. Saw several visits to ladder hole. Hmm. 3 Apr 0650-0700. 1 Flight From hole, 1 Flight to hole Saw 4 birds. 5 Apr 1330 checked ladder hole - 2 incubated eggs! 13 Apr Eric goes up For nest watch. Only 1 visit, never sees BF. Instead a mini power struggle (does see HF, and also B 2174 14 Apr 0640-0650 Spy From lab. Saw several birds, but no wierdness. What gives ? 23 Apr Eric watches - apparently the nest is no more. He did see HF, so must be a Finch effect? 2 June Veronica r Eric report no one at pole hole or another likely. Sounded like went to ravine edge
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus PLQE H NHR 3 Apr 0710 Saw ♀ 973 chasing the NOBA & some. 5 Apr 1345 Bird in 92 hole! I climbed - empty but Fresh chips. 9 Apr 1130 Bird working on hole in the 92 limb (going ½ way in) Is this the same hole? 11 Apr 1100 No, it's a different hole. And there was a bird sitting on the top of the branch when I arrived. 13 Apr 0830 Hello hole - nothing. 14 Apr 0815 " " 16 Apr 0730 Very confusing. The ♂ here is sitting with another ♂ WRT in the tree to W of office. 1345 3 birds together in granary. 21 Apr 1140 Bird in new hole! Climb. Empty. 25 Apr 1400 Bird in hole (new), Climb. 1 Fresh egg. Did 2 hour watch (1430 - 1630). ♀ 973 entered at 1524, out at 1542. No other visits. Heard 2 other birds over in gran while she was in. 26 Apr Well dog my cats. ♂ 1757 is alive r well and being a breeder. I guess it's not a Finch effect after all. How embarrassing! How could a Plge breeder elude everyone For more than half a year? 27 Apr 1200 Cut door in nest. Marked 3 eggs. 2 May 0830 Egg 1 = 26.25 × 19.35, 2 = 24.6 × 19.25, 3 = 25.1 × 19.15, 4 = 24.3 × 19 and it seems dead (yolk looks to be spattered and against shell.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus PLQE HNHR 10 May 0615 RL=7.4, LL=9.4, LW=8.9, dead egg 13 May 1800 RL=P=23.5, LL=O=27.7, LW=K=25.9 30 May 1200 Banded the 3 Plge kids. Added in 2253 (Rant) 84g, 18.5cdu, 63ch WB 23is36r 13TS 24T Did a nest watch this am w 3 kids, will do another tomorrow w 4. 18June Hello hole - nada. 25 June 0600 Scrub jay trap beside Stucco house (on platform) set r ready. After @ 1/2 hr, jays + ACW's start visiting, eating the Food at entrance. As the last piece goes, crows show up (but won't land) Finally an ACW goes in at 0657. 7973 Stress series, rebound, measure (not heavy). (ap rec.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KNOL HNHR 30 Mar Veronica reports that 8 1969 has a silver crown! 3 Apr 0700-0710. 9 working on hole in pine snag by driveway. She can't quite turn around inside. But also saw 4 birds together at hi syc hole pm Put out Food r watched 4 birds come in, including the 8 w/ gray head (maybe even 5?) Set a blind nearby for netting. 6 Apr 0615-0715 Set net by platforms. ACW's never came in (just wcsp, tokees titnice [which remove dog-food], and quail [one of which was caught and undoubtedly freaked the ACW's even more]. Nithatch also removed dogfood. Caught a towhee. 1500 Bird in hi sycamore hole. Ugh. String broken at bottom, but I managed to get both ends. Looks OK, I start pulling up the rope. Plink. String breaks, down comes rope r string. Bloody hell. 7 Apr 1220 Bird at pine hole. Roost watch: Veronica: birds into sycamore hole... but wait, it seems to be a different hole - on the cut side. Check it out, then think 'string'. 14 Apr 0745-0805 Watched pine snag. No visits to hole. Hello'd syc hde - nothing. What gives? 0915 Something's up. Chasing + even a garrick. ?? 16 Apr am. Spied a bit. No visits to pine hole. Hello'd syc hole. Nothing. 17 Apr 0850-1015 Set net, sat in blind. A bird landed briefly once. Several visits to syc hole. My right hip hurts so much,
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1993 M. Stanback M. formicivorus KNOL HUNR 18 Apr 0630-0735 Set net at Feeder. No takers (except For the scrub jay (NOBA) that (caught) Saw several visits to syc hole. 27 Apr Walt reports 4 incubated eggs in sycamore hole. 2 May 1000 Well, I guess they weren't that incubated - I climbed v none hatched. Also, since Eric couldn't see the hole when he tried a watch this a.m., I went ahead r cut off the offending limb. 5 May 1100 RL=9.5, LW=9.5, RW=8.8, LL=7.4 11 May 0715 RL=Y=35.5, LW=K=2?, RW=R=31.2, LL=Mv=29 22 May Roost watch ravine hole: 3 birds in! Remembering that last year I waited a day r they didn't return, I decide to pole ambush tomorrow. 22 May Ambush! Worked like a charm! Unfortunately, I caught only 1 HF (whom I implanted w T: there won't really be a control, but since she wasn't caught at the nest, I'll rationalize). Also caught BF + silver crown 8, whom I started lapping (cut through body wall) only to find that my oto- scope is broken - no light!!! Damn it all. I implant him w T (what the hell) and release. 25 May 1500 Banded 4 babies (3 big, 1 runt) 19 June 0830 Hello hole - nada. 25 June set a trap on platform, Rebecca actually, but it's a shitty one that closes only 1/2 way sometimes (lie when 2 woodpeckers spring it!) Will try tomorrow. 26 June 0631 Rebecca gets jaw 2240 at trap. I do sseries (2 more Fucking ACWs escape! Fix it!).
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MOON H N H R 29 Mar Roost watch at granary : not a peep 1 Apr pm. Set strings For nets : one got stuck in process - must return w big ladder. 3 Apr Finished setting strings. Oh yes, and yesterday (2 Apr) I checked the hill holes - empty but Fresh work - looks good. 4 Apr 0940-0955. Bird landed at higher right-hand hole, then moved down + started working on lower left hole (backing out). Another bird landed nearby - old bird went into hiirite hole. 2nd bird landed at lower (First left) + went all the way in + came out head First w chips. Then worked at entrance backing out w chips. Gave Food r acorns. 7 Apr 1200 Food+ acorns not touched. Checked holes - both look good, the upper rt looks a little better (or lo left is a little Funky) 10 Apr Checked - empty 13 Apr 1330 Checked holes - empty. Hmmm. Strings down! 14 Apr 0710-0725 Heard birds, but no visits to holes ti: 0725, when 2 landed at holes + third landed nearby. 1500 Checked holes - empty. Hmmmm. When I showed up there was a bird near the granary hole. 16 Apr 1200 Checked both holes - empty. Now I am concerned 18 Apr 0910-0920 3 visits (inside) to hole. Climb - 2 eggs! Weird hole (lower left) need a drill. Wood so hard it bends nails (+ its dead!)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formiciverus NOON HWHR (18 Apr) 1030 Returned to cut open hole. Marked eggs 1+2. Roost watch: Set ambush and... they (2) went into the other hole. I think 3rd bird is elsewhere in tree. Damn. I guess I'll try to catch 8 at nest. 19 Apr 0610 Set and ready. At @ 0635 9 wgm arrives r starts looking in hole, she visits other hole but Finally goes in at 0642. 8 2068 arrives r looks in but also looks at ambusher. At 0647 8 2085 (was not on field list - a baby From last yr) arrived r 9 out. Both left. After a while, 9 returned r went in. (> he chattered when she came out) 2068 continued to visit r look in, but only 2085 would go in. Here's where my major fuck up becomes apparent. Had I looked in the field list I would've realized that this BF was not 2069. It is intact 2092, a buckeye spring baby. Thus both 88 are breeders. I assumed that. 2085 was just a precocious helper. I could've pulled the string on him, but...oh no... I thought I needed 2068, who didnt want to go in. He Finally did at 0742. I pulled The string r thus got 2068 and 2069, but as I started to climb the tree, 2068 Flies out of the other hole - he had pecked through the rotten wall separating the 2 cavities - in less than 2 minutes. So... I had the 9, who I didn't really want.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MOON HNHR 19 Apr I got the sample at 10 minutes and another 20 minutes after that. At this point (30 min after capture) I heard a garrick From one of the 88. Another garrick was heard (again From the nest tree) 10 minutes later. (Since birds were hanging out near the nest, I reset the ambusher after the First bleed, but no luck. Looking at the 99 swollen cloaca, I realize that the specimen From RANA probably had not laid an egg that day, whereas this 9 had. So... even though she was From Buckeye, she had dispersed off the study area, and was .. Fair game. I collected her for sperm storage analysis at 0855. I opened her up (without looking inside) and put her in formalin. I had removed her eggs and replaced them w 2 dead eggs From the Fridge. Her eggs measured (order not known for 1+2) 1: 23.8 x 18.1, 2: 23.75 x 17.6, 3: 24.65 x 17.35. These are small eggs... From a small 9. Another cost of asynchrony!! I will put them in the aviary 1100 Arrive to set nets - dead quiet. Put up nets or play tape or immediately catch 2085 (BM) See cap recs. Soon afterwards we got a NOBA 9 (the 1st participant) Stress series banded. Let her go or immediately regretted it. She'll probably
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1993 M. Stanback 4 M. Formicivorus MOON HNHR (19 Apr) go r win the non-existent power struggle. Damn. Lapped & 2085 (5 Fov - big testes For a yearling co-breeding with his dad! See cap recs. ! guess I'll stick him in the aviary For now. 1630 Dropped by... & still drumming, but there was a 2nd bird (a & I think) who was slightly tolerated. The 3 (2068) went up to the death cypress up From Robertson House and karritted. Calling it a day. Sorry birds... I don't like to be mean. 20 Apr 0615 2085 dead in aviary. 0700 After much futzing w nets, we Finally get started. The 3 is here w a NOBA & (tho not all is Full o' whales). We play tape - eventually a NOBA 3 comes in & is immediately (w/in a couple minutes) chased into the net by 2068, who also goes in. Bingo! We bleed r stress series (continuing to play tape to a confused r scared &). Its dead here so we quit. Back to lab For lapping. See cap recs. 1150-1205 Stopped by. 1 bird (prob. the &) karriting up the hill. Otherwise quiet. 1700 Deader'n a hammer. 21 Apr 0815 3 birds here. Set nets r caught 3 2137 (Fall baby From SHLL - previously unsexed) who's here w brother (3 2138) and a NOBA red-eyed &. * There really wasn't much action here. He flew in by himself. Bleed, stress series, and then back
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1993 M. Stanbuck M. Formicivorus MOON HNHR 21 Apr to lab For lap (since who knows if I can make him part of an implant exp at SHIL). However I will give him a control implant. We left an hour after catching him (the other 2 were wise to the nets - we weren't attracting intruders) Oh yes, we released the NOBA catched yesterday am, who beat a hasty retreat 1000 Returned w 2068 + the SHIL 8, released 2068 + he Flopped to ground. Keel a little sharp, but not overly so, Lap wound looked Fine. Back to lab For Food, but he was dead by the time I got there. Sorry guy. Testis 12 mm x 9 mm. Lap looked Fine From inside. Put in old Formalin. I guess this means the SHIL 8 won the p.s. I quit. 24 Apr So... both the BM From SHIL are here and are Feeding at the SHIL. Back on 21 Apr, V saw 2137 get a cop w 9 ... and he appeared to be dom to 2138. June Those 88 still have dual citizenship
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus REF1-CECN HNHR 9 Apr 1500 Came up with intention of stealing their log, but seeing the trouble I had gone to to got it set (and the 4 Fresh chips in the bottom), I change my mind. Feedeo had fallen, we put it back up. 16 Apr Veronica reports much interest in (v bird in) traditional CECN hole. I check it in afternoon (1300) (new string, etc) and... empty. Damn. 24 Apr Walt checks hole + Finds 6 eggs! 4 Apr 1300 RL: 6.6, RW = 6.3, LW = 4.1, 2 eggs were in F, the last egg looks OK, but wasn't pipping or even peeping. Damn, I suppose I'll have to climb on 6My, LW has a chunk of wing pecked out. 6 May RL= 13.2 = DG, RW = 12.6, LW = 10.0, r = 2.8. I Figure he hatched yesterday, so est 6, 9.5, 7, 4. Pecked up. I removed him (either for tissue or exp in Murf) 17 May 0815 Set and ready. At 0915 8'1526 went in, but I'm after 1525. At 0943- 9'1325 started feeling I think things were slow because I just today put up the ambushers, or also, the rope string is (now) too close to the hole. Anyway, Finally at 1050, 8'1525 went in, but the ambusher stuck (but never left nails). He suspected nothing, returned in 18 minutes, and I nabbed him then (no helpers ever came). While I was climbing to him, the rope broke off a big (1'x6") piece of bark beside the hole. I hope its not a problem,
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 2 CECN H NHR (17 May) This whole nest is very marginal. Anyway, I bled 1525 or gave him a sham operation (but left in the old implants). He's the control. 18 May Happy Birthday to me!! I'm officially more than old (31). Anyway, set and ready at 0730, 1526 showed after about 25 mins, but the string stuck (Like yesterday) so I waited til another visit. After about 4 tries (pulling so hard I thought the string would break, I gave up r went to Find the problem. Everything OK!?! I gave the string a lite shake, the needle Fell the ball Fell. Bugger all! Had to climb r reset. 0900 start. 0916 Nab! Bleed, implant w T, measure, release. 26 May The watch here this am was somewhat Fucked because a WEBL walked up, set a blind, r did a watch nearby. 19 June 0800 Rebecca found the 2nd nest here (same hole) The other day; I checked this morning. 6 eggs! Semi-Fresh semi-opaque. Eft hatch 26 June. 26 June 0830 Hot! 'chicks: 10.6, L=5.4, W=4.4. One chick died while hatching. Actually murdered (brain was eaten w there was alot of blood on shell ... so I'd dea say the cannibalism was the cause of death and not just scavenging. The chick had nearly Finished opening the shell. Another egg contained a dead chick (recent, but too Far gone for tissue). Last egg had living chick (would hatch 27 June) tissue (2328). This hole Falling apart.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 1500 HNVHR 2 Apr Saw bird Fly to limb about 1m below trad hole. Checked - it's a new hole 3 Apr 1100-1115. Spied. Saw birds but no action 1620 Bird at traditional hole, put some acorns on the platform. 4 Apr 0705-0715 No visits to holes (saw only 1 bird) 0800 Hello holes - nothing. Acorns gone. Gave dog Food. 5 Apr 1540 Bird at low hole - gave some acorns r dog Food. Watched 30 min - no action 18 Apr 0815 Hello - nada (have been looking From car too) 26 Apr Walt reports bird in trad hole. Hmm ErV have been checking .... 27 Apr Walt reports 4 Fresh eggs in trad hole. 10 May 1130 LL = Mv = 15.7, LW = W = 14.0, RL = 13.3, r = 6.1 runt looks relatively OK ... could've hatched 8 May? or 9 I removed runt for tissue (he's a goner) NO, left in 27 May 1530 Bunded 3 rather skinny kids. The runt is ill: mouth open, gasping, wheezing. Hmmm 31 May 1500 what the hey... I need helpers. I add in the other chick from Kris's ACW nest by the Rana Cork perennial Field (#2283). But the wheezer is gone! Hard to believe they hauled his corpse out. Mv/R = 92g, ch = 76.5; wM = 91g, ch = 82
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 1800 HNHR 3 Apr 1115-1135. Spied From road. Saw 1 Flight into woods. Pretty slow. 1615 Put some acorns on platform & noticed a bird at a nice new hole Facing the lane on the downhill side (or a bit toward 1500) of the granary. 4 Apr 0650-0705 Spy. Saw 1 bird go to new hole 0815 Hello'd new hole - nada. Acorns gone. Gave dog food. 5 Apr 1445 No one in hole. Gave em some acorns or dog food, then watched for 20 min. No visits (r there were birds around). Spied hole-For a while, nada. 16 Apr 0710-0720 Spied on uphill hole. Starlings there. 18 Apr 0830 Hello new hole - nada. 23 Apr Eric reports birds at 2ndary tree hole. 24 Apr Walt checks it - has a screech owl! Hmm 2 May 0800 Bird Flushes From new hole in granary. 1300 Son of a bitch. The entrance goes thru 4+ inches of solid (or living) oak. Worst of all, the hole is incredibly shallow. So cutting this baby will be a bitch. I'll put this off. 4 Fresh eggs 13 May 1500 RW=P=14.9 LL=13.4, RL=R=13.6, r=LWL=3.6 (Freshly hatched). Removed... For tissue 18 May 1315 Set & tied off ambushor. 19 May 0730 Set & ready. Waited For 2115, but I don't think he showed (tho he is very similar to BM). At 1050 I nabbed 1851 for control implant. Paininess. Does 2115 exist?
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1993 M. Stanback 2 M. Formicivorus 1800 20 May 0715 Set r ready. Mom r Dad Feeding like crazy 2115 never shows, so I quit at 1000. I'm convinced that 2115 doesn't exist - I've never seen him, Eric never saw him. Sorry Veronica - that was the BM you saw. Damn, I've wasted 2 mornings that should've been spent at R3. I decided not to catch BM since kids still small. 29 May 1700 Banded the 3 kids r added in a Runt Kid (#2254). However I Fucking Forgot to measure the 1800 runt (#2273). Damn. For 2254: 74.5 g, 55 ch, 25", 27" 12", 18", 18.7 culm. Well, as I remember, 2273 was not really runtly. He was basically indistinguishable From the others. Now I'm wondering... Are the measurements I have for 2254 really 2273's? Hmm (I don't think so...)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Horsetail H N H R 10 Mar Saw heard at least 2 birds here, 11 Mar 1345 - 1415 A noisy ? NOBA showed up. No acorns 1 Apr 1030: Saw 2 birds here: 9 RW(N)K p? w K-w No acorns. Who are these birds? Could this ? be 2073 From AiFT? (9 may be 2102 From Knol) 3 Apr 1600 Put up a scrub jay platform here (it needed a little work). Anyway, I Figure if a Knol bird is here, she'll show her mate how platforms work. 4 Apr 0830 Acorns still there, so maybe this isn't a Knol 9. Gave 'em some dog Food. 5 Apr 1600 " " (acorns still there) 18 May 1345 Stopped by. Saw/heard no one.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus H-B HNHR 3 Apr 0710-0730 Spied From lab, Saw 4 birds (plus a 5th that was chased repeatedly). At one point a starling Flew Towards the uphill hole (pointing To Fence), but ACW's chased it and then landed r looked in. Quite a bit of starling chasing in this part of the tree, but no more visits to the hole. 11 Apr Eric r Veronica both report Blm two helper ?(2123?) Wow! this is a Fall baby breeding now ! Reproductive at age 6 months !! 3 June 1630 Well, the ladder doesn't reach ... but I manage to rig it so I can reach the (very rotten) hole. I put a gall on instead of an ambusher. Pole? 7 June 1230 Finally Figured out how to get into the hole. B = 47.2, Y = 47.6, - = 35.2. Set + tied off an ambusher. Est hatch: 27 May 8 June Set + ready at 0630. ♂ 1856 started coming at 0655, but I want 1857 (1856 has no tail). At 0735 ♀ 1857 came r went in - but backed out as I pulled the string - Disaster! Off he Flew- terrified. Bugger all - will I ever get him now. Well, I finally did catch him(T), after which 1856(C) was a cinch. 1856's tail has been cut straight off, like scissors ... so he won't have a tail 'til he molts, r even then it will be gradual. 21 June 1430 Banded + bled kids (semi ss). See cap recs
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LHay HNHR 20 Apr Walt reports bird in traditional hole (now we just need away to get into the tree.) 24 Apr Walt checks hole & Finds 6 eggs (5 + runt). 2 May I thought the eggs were incubated on 424. Oh well. One egg looks dead, I removed runt. Time = 0730 5 May 1300 Removed dead egg. LW=12.5 - 2 = 10.5, LL=12.2: 10.2, RW=11.4 = 9.4, RL=11.5 = 9.1 B (2019+) Veronica did watch afterwards & reports 299 (woow) 10 May 1530 LW= DG = 31.8, LL: R = 33.4, RW: O: 33.2, RL= DB = 32.8 21 June Hello 93 hole - nada.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Blm 1 H/NHR 7 Apr Roost watch: a bunch 'o' birds went into the high string hole. Time to ambush! 9 Apr Set ambush (a real pain... decided not to recut hole). They all (4-5) wanted in, but they were pretty upset by the ambusher. Only 2 (?) in 10 Apr Ambush! 2 birds (mom r Fall son) both had small gonads (see cap rec). Stayed in hole a long time, so no stress series. 19 May Eric reports bird in high hole (↑ambush hole). 21 May 1200 Wrong, its the Fall nest hole. Anyway, 3 incubated (opaque) eggs. 27 May 1300 RL=5.3, LL=4.9, last egg pipping/hatching
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BIm 2 HNHR 1 May Veronica reports old BM r one of the displaced AAZO 4 here. 4 is chasing off other 49. This group had been abandoned (we thought)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BIm 3 HNHR 14 Apr Roost watch: They do have some acorns here. I'm pretty sure I heard a bird at DKHW, or I definitely heard a bird karritting alot at Kirt. At 1908 Z ACW's flew in fast from the direction of BIm 2 and went into the "woods". They vocalized briefly - presumably roosted there. 30 Apr Report of a bird in tradit hole. 1 May 0900 There are birds at Dark Hollow! 0930 5 Freshish eggs in trad hole (lower)! 3 May Veronica reports 1 or NOBA 9 10 May 1300 Bugger all. Not hatched yet. (no one in hole) 12 May 1715 RL=4.45, LL=3.9, RW=5.5, LW=4.9, last egg was peeping, but not pipping. Bugger all. 13 May 1700 RL=6.6, LL=5.3, RW=7.9, LW=6.5, new guy already hungry - starving = 3.2. I removed For... tissue. These guys aren't growing great 17 May 1530 RW=Mv=21.9, LW=LG=22.3, RL=R=22.8, LL=15.0 - not looking good (very pale, a bit thin, or abdominal hemorrhaging - does it have anything to do with the tiny scab on his belly? 25 May 1300 Down to 3 kids. I gave them each some dog Food, then set or tied off ambusher. 27 May 0700 Set & ready. Nabbed 4 at 0755. Stress series. Band.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus GAZO HNHR 1 Apr Roost watch at the hole down toward the trough (r CVGR). Not a peep. 3 Apr Roost watch main trees. 3-4 birds into higher nest hole. 4 Apr 1800 Checked hole - empty but some chips. Went ahead r set ambusher. 4 hesitant birds in. 5 Apr Ambush! Got the 4 and bled. Painted both 99 and released w/o lapping. Took 718 + 2057 back For laps. Sadly, I overanesteized 2057 and killed him. See cap recs For lap data and more info. 0830 Power struggle in full swing. Just fucking great. We release 8 718 r hope For the best. 1000 Return to Find p.s. still on (r possibly over) It's all the UPHF 8, including babies USA B. 88 1285, 1647, 1808, 2094, 2096, 2133, plus r NOBA 8 who's part of the gang, plus a NOBA 9 making a cameo Roost watch (Veronica): see my UPHF notes 5 Apr. 13 Apr Sergio roost watched the downhill hole - nada Apparently the UPHF 88 are still here (w 9?) 16 Apr Roost watch: Marni sees 2 birds into higher or low holes. 17 Apr Ambush. well, the hole was higher than I thought, and more overgrown, and deeper too. And there was only 1 bird (2134 - whom I caught 10 days ago at UPHF). See cap rec. Eric saw 1 bird into the (higher) nest hole last night. Starlings in the Fence knot hole. 18 April Eric reports the 3 CVGR 99 are here!
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1993 M. Stanback 2 M. Formicivorus GAZO HNHR (18 Apr) Roost watch: No one into low holes (Kelly). Where else? 19 Apr Roost watch: I show up at 1840 or there's a bird in the high hole (ambush hole) or they are right below it, so instead of watching, I moseyed to Bln 3 22 Apr Roost watch: Eric reports ~5 birds in high hole. Don't want to get my hopes up - but hot dog! (Aquit Kidding yourself - you're sick of this) 23 Apr Set ambush. As the birds were gathering For bed, a Cooper's hawk came through. ACW's scattered - sounded like there were a dozen. Anyway, not all of them came back. Damn. ~4 in. Manana 24 Ap Ambush! 4 birds - 2 88 (the oldest two) and 2 99 (the oldest two) - more than co- incidence? Anyway, bled or sorta stress series. All 4 back to lab for lavage, lap on 88 (piss poor for both), and I removed 2 T implants from 8 1285. I resist the temptation to implant the 88, and settle for paint instead. 28 Apr See UPHF notes. Walt Finds nest! 24 May Veronica reports no feeding yet. 27 May 1230 1 egg hatched (RL), didn't weigh. 29 May 1145 RL = 9, LL = 6, RW = 5.3, LW = 3.1 (he's a goner, [but Fresh] but I didn't feel like killing him for tissue. 2 dead eggs - removed both. (one 25.1 * 18.95) (1 inf, 1 dead)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVGR HNHR 2 Apr 0520-0545. Stood at Gate to hear where the birds First vocalized. MurF birds were up at 0525, but CVGR was quiet till 0545, when several birds vocalized From the Rajn part of ter 9 Apr 1200 What's going on here. 10 Apr Well, something... Vo-E come by in the afternoon to Find a power struggle... being won by a Wate & mystery &. Roost watch -nothing. Damn, I missed my chance to get Finch offset blood. 10 Apr Set a net in gran by 0820. Caught the mystery & (Z180 from MPH F). Bleed r stress series, painted green r released. 13 Apr Roost watch trad tree Fence tree, snag tree. Nothing I Hashed the creek hole afterward - nada 16 Apr Sergio by trough, Kelly by Fence hole, me by 92a hole. Sounded like roosted in granary. 17 Apr 0730-0815 Tried netting & w & dummy. No interest whatever. The only dummy is me... I should've used Z180 in a cage to catch &. Roost watch scheme. Eric watched the Fence r snag holes; I kept them out of the granary - where they really wanted to be (esp the knot hole) (I did see 1 mount/copulation interrupted). They Finally flew towards Eric, but only 1 to hole o it left. Damn. Afterwards I realized I can put up a net tomorrow wite. Worth a try. 18 Apr Eric reports that the 3 CVGR HF are at Gazo! (Just as I thought!)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVGR HVVHR (18 Apr) Roost watch: Sergio sees 3 birds into gran hole 20 Apr Roost watch: Being a nice Fellow, I invite Ron out For a nite-netting. Veronica watches the net. I watch the Fence hole-the snag hole, I tell Ron to chase birds if they show up over toward the saddle. The birds decide to roost in the Fence hole! Great! I'm already anticipating a nice pole ambush... and then... I hear crunch, crunch of Ron's Footsteps approach! Oh no! All the birds take off toward the granary. Damn. Ron!!! One bird hits the net on the way into the granary hole (only one...) Its 2172, a Fall baby, who is now a breeder. He's way tangled, so I bleed him in the net. Stress series, back to lab For lap (4 Fov)→ not greatest view in world. Will release in am. 21 Apr 0600 Released 2172. Roost watch: birds roosted across creek in no- man's land near Murt. No one in Fence hole or net (which was set) Starlings in Fall 92 hole 24 Apr 1500 Removed starling nest (w 4 young chicks) From 92 a hole. Under the nest was water. They built a nest in a water-filled hole!!! I used my bandana to get as much out as I could. Boy was it stinky. Yuck! 19 May Eric reported a bird in the CVGR/Gazo hole yesterday 1430 I climb. Empty, no Fresh chips.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVGR HNHR 24 May 1400 Hello trad hole + "Eric" hole + Fence holes. Nada 2 June Bloody hell! After weeks of searching (r Rebecca saying the other day that they go to Murf knol + me saying "Naaaa") Veronica Finds the nest up there. Kids big (~ 2 weeks +) (just a peep - cutting will be a bitch - thick). A rush to do an implant experiment. Roost watch 2nite, 2 watches tomorrow Roost watch: Nothing at Fence hole or snag hole. One bird into high knot hole in granary. Bugger all. 3 June 1500 Cut open hole. Set r tied ambush. 3 big chicks. 4 June Set r ready at 0515. Caught 3 BM between then and quitting at 1100. See cap rees. Rain. Damn, I wish I had been more choosy about that 1st bird (shoulda caught 2171 - to change bands or get asymptotal measures). Caught 2178(T), 1616, 2038 5 June Set r ready @ 0740. Red From yesterday fed twice, black visited once, r 2172 came lots. I really wanted 2171, but after the rain started, I caught 2172 (on his 5th visit) r gave him T implant. 7 June 0930 Band + bleed (stress series) the 3 kids. 11 June 1200 Added the 2 biggest kids From A1 here. OA) weighed 84, wch = 94 20 June Yep, still have prenty acorns.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Murf HUNHR 2 Apr 1440 Hello holes - nada. 5 Apr 0845-0900 Spy - not a soul (but a Cooper's hawk) 11 Apr 1615 Seeing as Veronica saw visits to the outer of the twin uphill holes in the main grun (where 92 spring nest was), I peeped it. Empty and no Fresh chips. Also the only have @ 100 acorns stored. Time For an ambush. 13 Apr Veronica had seen 1+ birds in the hole roosting. Its a good thing (?) I didn't ambush immediately. 3 birds roasted in a higher w hole. 1 bird went into the 92 nest hole. I'll set the hi hole. 16 Apr 0945 Bird in 92a hole making chips. Bag ambush.... 18 Apr 1400 Peeped 92a hole. Not many chips.... 24 Apr 1400 5 Fresh eggs. But careful - the hole has a dogleg, so the peep on 18 Apr may not have been ok 6 May 0800 LL=6.7, B=5.6, RW=6.1, RL=3.9, LW=3.6 10 May 1330 LL=25.1= RW=25=R, B=23=DB. No sign of runts. Shit, subtract 1 = 24.1, 24.0, 22.0 12 May 0815 Set - ready, but the HM never shows. At 1025 I nab BM 1954 - give him a T implant - take down ambusher. 13 May Late start (1015). At 1053 Popeye goes in. Nab. Unfortunately, he's a gusher (had to use quick stop) And there's nothing worse than implanting in the blind. He still had his old implants, so I did a sham operation - left them in.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVL HNHR 15 Mar 1100 Saw 3 birds here. Gave dog Food. Thift (saw 1911 from CV2 at Mill tree. 2 Apr 1500 Hello sycamore hole - nada 5 Apr 0835 " 9 Apr 1230 Acting on a tip From Veronica, I check the traditional hole - 5 eggs (not too Fresh?) 16 Apr 0955 Bird in hole.. checked... still 5 eggs. 18 Apr 1345 " , put ear to it - nothing 20 Apr 1430 Well, I guess I'm a little rusty on egg Freshness (then again, it was a peep). Anyway I hatched (RL - didn't weigh - windy), 1 pip-hatch 2 pipped, 1 sans pip. A place for RAVI kids? 22 Apr 1000 RL = 8.3, LL = 8.9, RW = 7.8, LW = 7.3, B = 5.4 26 Apr 1400 RL = 21.4 (LB), LL = 21.8 (MV), RW = 22.5 (W). LW = 20.4 (O), B = 15.0 29 Apr 0715 Set r ready. A bird goes in even before I'm ready in the blind. It stays in r eats ants, which are kind of bad. BM hesitates/visits, u finally goes in. Mystery & out. BM out, 2170 in. Nab at 0745. But in the meantime, elate ants have emerged. The lower trunk is one mass of ants. I climb through and am engulfed. I get the bird out, go down through the ants again. Bleed bird while ants bite me all over. Back to lab For stress series, lap, v T implant. Maximum data I hope I don't end up regretting it. Release bird later (Few ants near hole - good). Hope no Fail.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 2 CVI HNHR 30 Apr 0700 Set r ready. By 0800 the ants were swarming, so much so the HF refused to land. The ♂ I wanted (ZC54) was not much in evidence. He Finally went in @@ 0830, but the BF was also inside r I didn't want her. The ants calmed down @ 0930, and ZC54 Finally went in at 1010, while 9 1969 was also inside. I bled both (to put a ring of cutters around the hole) and took to lab. I did a final bleed after 1 hr and lapped ♂ r gave him control implants (on same side r thru same hole as lap - this is different From yesterday where I lapped one side r implanted the other). Incidentally, they fed (esp BM + BM) during the worst of the ants. See cap recs. 1 May 1000 Weighed Kids r stuck in KOUT Kid (LBW = 36g) -= 31, O = 41.5, LB = 41.4, MV = 41.2, W = 42.8 Fed all of them mealworms, then plugged starling nest. 20 June Prenty acorns. Well, some.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVZ HNHR 15 Mar 1111 Got good 1Ds on 1911, 1372, 2107. 2 Apr 1445 Hello holes - nada. 5 Apr 0840 " " 9 Apr 1300 Hellod canyon hole - nada 16 Apr 1005 Hellod holes - nada 18 Apr 1330 Sneaky... 5 Freshish (?) eggs in trad. hole! 28 Apr 1230 RL = 4.5, RW = 4.4, LW = 5.4, 1 dead egg (remv) and 1 pipping egg (very small 3.6 g, so the chick will weigh @ 3.0 g - damn, I wish I had waited 1 more day) So... approx 5.7, 4.7, 4.5, 3.0 2 May 1100 RL = W = 17.5, RW = P = 17, LW = R = 20.1, V = 13.3 = NOBA. 23 May 1300 Banded 4 Fat r sassy babies! 20 June Acorns? Yep! In spades.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus OKCO HNHR 2 Apr 1450 Hello holes - nada Roost watch: I watched the connected nest holes in the uphill tree. Nothing... in fact, a mouse came out of it at dusk. Eric had birds over in the cycamore snag, but they were upset about something ended up not in the recessed hole (though 1-2 roosted in some higher hole) I heard birds in the granary. A mess, will watch again tomorrow. 5 Apr Roost watch: Eric reports deadness at sycamore, he heard birds toward granary. 16 Apr 1010 Hello'd all holes - nada. 20 Apr 1330 Good job Veronica - babies in hole #76 !! LE = 22, DB = 19, Y = 19, - = 17.4. The door was way overgrown. Knocked down some dead limbs to get a view for a watch. Set blind. 24 Apr 1330 Set v tied ambusher 25 Apr 0750 Set v ready. 9B came twice, then HM 2121. Nab! Bleed (big) plus stress series. Was going to lap in blind, but too crowded. Moved down to cvz, set up, v the bugger wouldn't snooze. Damn. Had to take him back to Hastings for mega- close of metaphane. (3.25 fov). Release 1115 PST 26 Apr 0730 Set v ready. After 1 hr the BF showed. Then HF. After 1.5 hrs 1394 showed up, but was too chicken to Feed (he visited twice). The metal guy finally came - went in. Nab! Bleed, T implant (I was going to put T in 1394, but
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus OKCO H N H R (26 Apr) I Figured I might never catch him. Anyway, I rebanded the metal guy & m. Ends up he's 886, an old OKCO baby From 1983! 27 Apr 0630 Set r ready. Nabbed 1394 at 0747. Bled, control implant, r measured. I released him before I cleaned up (possibly a mistake since he may still have been woozy). This was 0830. At 0840 a Coopers Hawk came by, but as I heard no screams I'll assume he didn't eat 1394 or anyone else. Ambusher is down, blind still up. Oh yes, the & helper showed up w Feed, ant didn't go in. Ch yes again ... when I was getting the & out, the T & (I'm pretty sure) came in r mobbed me. A T effect? 1 May 0900 Put the 2 big RAVI kids into here (DGR = 45, YO = 42.5) OKCO kids are much bigger. Cross Fingers - = 61.5 (16.6) 13 7 9 LG = 73.5 (19.3) 16 6 11 DB = 66 (17.3) 14.5 8 10 Y = 67.5 (17.2) 16 7 12 3 May 0800 Banded r bled the 4 OKCO kids (see cap recs) and removed the 2 Ravi kids to put into WGate, whose kids are close in age. GR = 51.5, YO = 46 pm nest watch in rain. Very disappointing. Only 7 Feeds. None by makes. I assuming they're just freaked 8? May Well Fuck, during Eric's watch a gopher snake goes in and eats all my babies!
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus OKCO HNHR 23 May 1345 Bird in hole in recess in syc snag. Didnt have string to climb. Will return. 25 May 1200 climbed r cut (very rotten + weird - a pain in the ass) 4 incubated eggs. Not connected to upper hole - which isn't a hole 26 May Erik has tape recorder problems - no watch 27 May Veronica watches... starlings destroy eggs. No data on incubation by implanted birds! Argh!! 20 June 1700 IF there's one thing I truly hate in this world, its this hole (92 a). DB = 14.3, 12.7, 8.4. But Fucking A, the holes are connected and I Forgot to plug one. (There was no string here either). I set a blind. What a day.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus UPHF HNHR 30 Mar 1430 2 birds here (NOBA 9 +?). Who says there's no one here. Granary is empty. Checked 92 nest hole (Fallen) - found no ACW remains. They seem to be building a new hole here at the base of the broken branch. 1 Apr Eric reports 4 birds into 'trod' nest hole last nite. Walt sets ambush 2-day. Eric watches again. Birds Freaked by ambusher. None in ... except one sat outside hole looking in until past dark. I guess I'll ambush in the am (I'm assuming he eventually went in). 2 Apr Grrrrrrrrr. After not Finding the string For 5 mins, I pull it - it sticks. Out Flies the bird ... then the string gives - closes. I climb the tree to take the ambusher down - Flush 3 birds From the w Facing hole 6 Feet away From the ambush hole! Eric! You said they Flew away! What a shitty (or cold) morning. Now I'll have to wait at least a week to try again. I left the ambusher tied up. Grrrrrr. Alas! I am truly heartsick. I just realized I could have done a pole ambush - I automatically went For the string ambush because that's how we did it last time (as a nest ambush). Arrgh! 5 Apr See Gazo notes. After ambushing at Gazo or taking the 8♂ to the lab, all the UPHF males (+ several unseen now ♂ babies) took over. We went over to
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1993 M. Stanback 2 UPHF (5 Apr) set nets, but there wasn't a good place ... and the UPHF birds (1285, 1647, 1808, 2094, 2095, 2133) were just celebrating. I hope 718 can gain control. (roost watch: Veronica reports things still hopping over here, so she stayed + watched roosting. The new guys checked out all the holes + were basically indecisive. Maybe I'll give 'em another day. → Hey, this is Gazo roost watch↑ UPHF roost watch: 2 (maybe 3) birds into the 'other' hole where birds flushed the other morning. Do I ambush or wait for others to return from Gazo? 6 Apr Well, it could either be a pole or traditional ambush. I go w the latter, only because the $ set up was already there. I'm sure I'll regret the decision. Only one bird showed up - and it went in. 7 Apr Ambush. (note the lack of exclamation point) Caught the guy. It's a Fall baby... breeder ♂ (I think). At 0525 I heard ≥2 birds waking up in that live oak at the end of the strip of trees down by the road. Who is that?? Garrick there at 0538 14 Apr Eric did roost watch + got just 1 bird. I guess everyone really is settled in at Gazo. 24 Apr See Gazo ambush notes. The UPHF ♂♀ are settled in at Gazo w the CVGR 99! 28 Apr UPHF ♂♀ CVGR 99 seen at both UPHF + Gazo!
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHE 5 Apr 1810 2 birds in 92 nest hole! 6 Apr 1715 No one in hole - I climb + check. Nice new chips, 22 Apr 1045 Walt found 4 eggs in 92 hole yesterday. I marked #5 today. Need to measure them (compare omega vs others) 26 Apr 1500 1 = 24.8 x 20.15, 2 = 23.55 x 19.55, 3 = 24.5 x 20, 4 = 24.7 x 20.15, 5 = 25.1 x 19.8 Remember, 1-4 are not in order 4 May 1100 LW = 12.0, RL = 11.4, RW = 8.6. Egg 4 dead with a hole in it (recent) + yolky gunk. Another egg had a hole in it + was dry inside (hole apparently right where #was). My, my. They hatched earlier than they should've. (#3 hatched) 1530 FUCKING A. Veronica says "oh by the way, hardly anyone showed up at the watch because you left a piece of webbing (red)." Fuck. Yep, I screwed up in a big way, but she should've known to either get it or come get me!!! I removed it (+ heard a baby). Bird in hole on arrival. 6 May 0830 I guess the only harm was that Veronica wasted 3 hrs. LW = 18.3 = DB, RL = 17.3 = W, RW = 12.9 11 May Roast watch - some birds into nesting hole in next tree 12 May Set ambush. Birds in (stopped counting at 4) 13 May Ambush! 6 birds (4 BB, 2 BF). Released 94 in Field. BB to lab for laps, implants. One was a BN who barely shows up. See if he's subordinate. See cap recs. 24 May 1300 Band 3 chicks.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 2 MPHE HNHR 13 June 0830 Saw 1962, 2080, + 2081 (I think) across road towards Radioactive. Flycatching like mad. 16 June Walt reports 5 eggs fresh 22 June 1100 RL = 7.6, LL = 7.0, RW = 6.7, LW = 4.0. There was 1 unhatched egg (no pipping, no peeping). I Figured by the time it hatched, it'd be a goner, so I removed it. Back at the lab I opened it. Quite alive, but still had large yolk sac, had not pierced air sac either. It had ~ 24 hrs to go I'd guess. I made a tissue sample (#2327) since I'm keen to see if T implants have any effect on paternity. Sorry little guy, Est hatch async: 11.6, 10.0, 8.7, 5.0, 4.0 24 June 1300 RL = 19:0, LL = 14.3, RW = 15 = Mv, r = 8.8 Runt looks OK (sort of), but I'm still convinced that a chick hatching 24 hrs after him would die. New Est For 23 June: 12.6, 10, 10, 6, 4
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LPHE HNHR 6 Apr 1700 Bird at hole on arrival. I check it - Full of shit on top of much on top of old soggy mouse nest. I cleaned out what I could. 7 Apr See upHF notes for 2 day about mystery birds down by the road. Are they LPHE? 1530 Stopped - looked in the live cat here and there was a bird at # the new looking hole. I caught an OR thru my binocs (at least I think it was OR). what gives? 22 Apr 1050 Hello hole - nada. 2 May Veronica reports birds working on road hole 20 May 1600 Starling flushes from new hole here (in road tree). However, I think I saw a ACW flush from elsewhere in tree. 24 May 1300 Hello road holes r trad hole - nada
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus WGAT H NHR 3 Apr I've been helloing holes - nada 4 Apr 0830 Hello - nada . Gave 'em some dog Food. 13 Apr 0900 Bird in hole over road. 1615 Uh. oh, the door looks like its Falling out. 14 Apr Bird in road hole - hmmm - door just loose? The door Finally Fell out. Walt tried to replace it, but limb too dead. Then Veronica sees birds in a new Live limb. 1 May After visits over the last week or so ! Finally see a bird in the hole. Time to climb. 1300 Finally get a string up - go do Gate now FUCKING A.... I climb to Find that the wood's about 5 inches thick (and live). I decide to try to lasso the kids(odo) I take everything down, go back to Hastings, get lasso gear (r blood r banding stuff) and then go back up to the nest. A complete Failure. After about 40 mins I give up r start sawing. ! Finally complete '2 cuts and luckily I bring the drill to turn the corner, but dammit I need a keyhole saw to turn the corner (swiss army didn't work!). Out of the tree - home For dinner. 2 May 1700 Finally finished the cut! And inside... 4 kids, O = 54, split = 50.5, DB = 49, Y = 42.5 + 1 egg(normal) One more watch tomorrow, the helper T implants. 3 May 1030 Put in 2 Ravi kids From OKCO, after which an adult Flies out! Geez! Set - tied off ambusher.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 2 WGate HNHR 4 May 0700 Set v ready . B8, B9, HF Fed. At 0742 H8 2024 went in. Nab! Took awhile to climb tree, get bird, Fix hole, tie ambush, etc. Bled at 20 min, back to lab For lap, Timpl. 5 May Ready at 0730. Caught 2028 at 0740. Bleed, Lap r control implant. see cap rec
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus GATE HNHR 3 Apr I've been belloing the sycamore holes for several days. At 1600 I went to Square Nail Flat - several birds flushed from the snaggy live oak. (but not from the area at the 92 hole). Put some acorns on the platform. Why do I get the feeling that no matter how much I pleaded with Val or Skip, that for some reason, they didn't think dogfood on platforms was important enough to do, even occasionally. Kinda like no one bleeds birds or even gets hematocrit when I'm gone. Why is everything important to me ignored? 4 Apr 0830 Helld' holes - nada. Acorns still on platform. 13 Apr Veronica reports birds in both Sq. Nail Flat hole or the gate sycamore double hole. 1600 Bird in gate sycamore hole. 23 Apr Eric reports bird in double syc hole (its about time) 30 Apr Veronica reports bird in Sq. Nail Flt hole 1 May 1330 6 relatively fresh eggs in ↑ 3 May The Pipe nest isn't Pipe, it's Wolf. And Wolf is the Gate HF 2105, 2106! 12 May 1400 RL=P=16, LL=LG=13.6, RW=Y=15.4, LW= 10.8, now = 3.5, starve = 3.2 (took both to Wolf) 29 May Pm. Banded the 4 kids here and added in a chick From Rant (#2251). Its measures are: 77g, 53=ch, 2⅓, 2⅞, 11½, 17, 19.5 = culm
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1993 M. Stankback M. Formicivorus Pipe H/VHR 30 Mar Walt set ambush. Eric reports at least 1 in (28 Mar Roost watch - 3 birds wanted in - only 2 went in. 31 Mar Ambush! See cap recs. Only got 2 birds, but one was the NOBA 8! (r the BF). Yea! Blood delayed, but so it goes. Lapped both. & rather easy: testes large & white, about 8 mm I'd guess. Female not so easy, I saw some undeveloped Follicles, but everything looked different than in the 94 I've been doing at RANT. Things seemed more spread out: was this enlarged ovarian tissue? I never did see any gut, but was afraid to go thru the necessary layer in case it was indeed ovarian. No large yolk follicles seen, but I can't say they weren't just hiding. I'll check her previous wt From last year at this time (hmm, did they ever nest last year? I don't think so - was it due to the lap? When was the lap? I think it was Fall. 8 had no molt, no tail spots. Released at 0800. Flew well. No power-struggle. 1 May Eric finds nest in woods tween creek r road toward Wolf! 1215: 7 eggs! (5 normal + 2 runts) look relatively fresh. This is a peep. Didn't cut yet. 3 May 1100 Set blind & heard/saw birds complaining at WOLF (Though the bird Flushed toward Pipe on 31 May. ? Aha! Eric reports NOBA 8, 92105, 92106 From Gate. WOLF lives!
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Wolfpack H/NHR 3 May Wolf lives! See Pipe notes For 1 May, 3 May. NOBA 8, 9 2105, 9 2106 From Gate! 5 May 1430 Go to cut it open - but its very deep. May need drill. Will return later. One of the runt eggs may not be (maybe just a small normal). 10 May 1200 Finally cut open...to find 7 dead eggs! (bird in hole on arrival) Moreover the eggs are graded in size ooooooo. Bizarre! 12 May 1500 Still incubating dead eggs, I put the 2 Gate runts in and take out the eggs (put in lab Fridge). The newer kid is RL. Before I Fed them, they weighed RL=3.5, -:3.2. The latter kid ato were. 13 May 1430 Bad news... nest empty...damn. There are starving hatchlings at R1, 1800, or Blm 3 that could've gone into here. Egg sizes: 26.6 x 20.2, 25.8 x 19.3, 24.6 x 18.8, 23.8 x 18.75, 23.5 x 18.5, 22.35 x 17.1, 18.95 x 15.3 20 May 1315 Driving by, I see a bird at the hole. 1400 I check it, empty. 24 May 1200 Bird in hole! Check 7 Fresh eggs (assorted sizes). Didn't open. LED: 24 May? 25 May 0945 Set blind. 1 June 1030 Checked nest. All eggs dead - again. I go to Chgo or pull out a doomed runt to stick in here, along w replacement eggs + some shells 3 June 0800 Chick alive + well. Eggs + shells still there. The 12-13 May Fuckup must've been From removing the eggs
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus WOLF HNVHR 16 June Set + ready at 0715 (tied off ambusher yesterday) Bigger all ! Only 2 Feeds in 3 hours! Both by ♀ Female landed once (with acorns! So they certainly have "stores in May" - maybe even "summer".... Anyway she started + Freaked + Finally left. Oh well. Will try tomorrow. 17 June Set + ready at 0645 . ♂ came a couple of times (make that "several") . ♀ not sharing. Did hear chattering while ♂ was in hole, so the Gote ♀ must be hanging ground pissing off the NOBA. NOBA ♀ in at 0821. Nab. Band, bleed, stress series. ♂ in at 0917. Nab. Reband, bleed, s series. The ♂ is decided 1629 (found out by looking up motel band) 22 June 0700 Stole the Chgo kid that's been pinch hitting here, but alas... I had no one to replace him with (the ArFT runt had died !!). Back to Chgo
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1993 M. Standback M. Formicivorus RL HNHR 15 Mar 1000-1015. Possible sighting of 8 1573 - another NOLD 8. Eventually saw 4 birds. Gave dog Food 18 Mar 1230 Bird in a high hole. 30 Mar 1340 LB K LB-K = 1573. Saw repeated Flights to 92 nest hole. Saw several birds. Checked 92 hole. Bird (♂) in new hole 2ft up. 31 Mar 0545 Saw bird at Wolfpack's low snag hole! 2 Apr 1330 Checked hole - babies !!! 3, about 3-4 days old. Holy shit, this is the earliest nest in woodpecker history. Is everyone started ? 3 Apr 0945 RL=17.5° LL=14.7° W=13.6 Eric did a watch here this afternoon r reports 2 816' here that aren't on the Field list!! RM r KDB The latter is 8 2096, the former 8 2145 (fall kid.) 6 Apr 0830 RL=R=26.1 (10.7), LL=P=23.7(11.4), W:=-- 19.5 (10). Hey, time to do a T implant. Pm nestwatch 8 Apr 0730 Ambush is set r I'm in the blind. After several days of screwed up nest watches, I'm ready to do a helper implant exp (or a breeder too). Anyway, no feeds for 45 min, then both BM Feed. BF Finally Fed right before' quit at 0900. Will try again tomorrow. 9 Apr Set r ready at 0830. Got 2145 at 0849. Bled, painted, control implant (at lab). See cap rec. 10 Apr Busy at CV&R, so wasn't able to come over. Finally did. Caught 8 2096 at 1247. See cap rec. Didn't lap these guys (in keeping w last yrs protocol). Timplant.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RL 11 Apr 0800 Caught 1575 For control implant. See cap rec. 12 Apr 0833 " 1573 For T implant. " " Oh yes, Eric watched roosting last nite (11Ap) + 1575 went in Actually, 2 birds were in, he flushed em, + 1575 retained 20 Apr 1030 Banded 3 Fat + sassy babies. See cap recs. 10 May 1230 New Nest !! 5 incubated eggs in new hole 2 down From 93 a hole (below 92 F hole). 13 May 1400 Cut open nest. RL: 8.8, LL: 4.3, RW: 7.0, LW: 3.6 B = 9.0 (LL was 1 day dd and hungry, but I left him in, LW hatched 2 day + looked mostly OK, but still living off yolk, so I took him - he's a goner. Put him into Wolf. -> no, he's to be a tissue sample 17 May 1430 RL=R: 25.2 RW=W: 18.3 B=B: 23.4. No sign of [illegible], so I feel better about offing LW. Still, it's a pisser that Wolf Failed. 24 May 1130 Set r tie off ambusher. 1600 set blind, added in Mv/DB baby From a random nest over at Rana Creek. 25 May 0630 Set + ready. Birds start to show after 1 hour. I wait 2 more (0930), but the 2 T birds never show(!) though everyone else does. They are starting to not go all the way in. (Idiot, shoulda caught bird) 26 May I assuage my guilt somewhat by catching 9 1938. Start 0715, nab at 0822. They seldom go all the way in. Stress series. 1 June 0900 Banded (+ stress series) the 4 kids here (3+add) 16 June 1030 Hello holes - nothing.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Finch HMH R 11 Mar 1430-1500. Well bloody hell. There are birds and acorns here and the Fuckers haven't Fucking been Fucking looked at since Fucking October. Why the Fuck does no one census around here? Must I do everything? Fuck. Way to go Dwayne. I waited but the birds never came back 30 Mar Roost watch: not a peep. 10 May 1400 Saw a bird Fly From Fuch gran to Bongo (tree across road) and then Flycatch there. Disappeared for a bit to a out of site part of Bongo tree, then flew straight to the "traditional" relatively low hole (out of view) r 10-20 sec then flew across creek. I hello'd hole. Nada
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MacFlat - R3 30 Mar 1400 Saw 5 birds at MacFlat (had First thought they were R3 birds [illegible]) They also have stores, in the burned snag and in the sycamore snags over toward R3. I'll have Eric do a census. 31 Mar Eric reports quite a few acorns in the uphill side of the burn granary. A non-R3 ♂ seen 20 Apr People are reporting interest in the low road hole here. R3 birds? 1630 ♂ in a new hole 2 ft above old hole. Another bird was hanging outside. Peep. Fresh chips. 24 Apr 1600 Peep again. Empty. 27 Apr 1540-45. Quick spy. Nada. 1 May 1230 Well damn. As soon as I stop peeping, they start laying - 5 eggs! in higher hole. 5 May 1500 Cut open hole - a royal pain - very rotten 11 May 1530 3 cold kids - wouldn't beg - so I couldn't grab 'em. Did get: RL = 6.1 (the other 2 looked about the same size). Will return tomorrow. 12 May 1530 RL = 9.5, LL = 9.3, RW = 5.4, LW (RL from yesterday) = 8.7, 1 egg still unhatched! Will return tomorrow. 13 May 1415 RL = 12.3 = K, LL = 13.4 = Y, RW = 7.8, LW = 11.4 egg still unhatched - couldn't reach - must be dead 17 May 1500 LL = 34 = LG, LW = R = 34.2, RW = LP = 26.4, K = 31.5. Egg not there, but shells were. Did it hatch? 21 May Set and ready at 0720, Nabbed 2147 at 0847. Bleed v T implant. Quit at 1020. Tied off ambusher
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus R3 - McF1 H N H R 15 Mar 1020: Saw 6 N (B-w?) / M (assume 8 1510) 30 Mar 1400: Saw 5 birds at MacFlaT. Who are they? No one Flushed From R3 when we got there. 2 Apr 1400 Hello holes - nada. 3 Apr 1000 " " 22 May Set r ready at 0700. Kinda slow. Nabbed HF 1982 Bleed, control implant. (Caught at 0807) See cap rec 23 May Bugger all. Waited From 0650 - 1100 for 1633, but he never showed! Will try tomorrow. 24 May Set r ready 0700. Nabbed 1633 at 0801 For T implant. 25 May Pole ambush at nest! Caught 1510 on kids. Bleed, implanted (control), measured, and put back in nest while still asleep. He was missing his lower left band, so I put on LG-DG (dit From Field list) 30 May 1600 Banded 4 did stress series on the 4 kids. Also added in #2252 From Rant.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus School Hill HNHR 20 Apr Walt reports babies in the uphill hole in the screamy enclosure. (SHW in high hole) 21 Apr Stop the presses. 2 Fall kids (♂ 2137, ♂ 2138) have won the undisputed power struggle at Moon. So much For implanting helpers. We caught, bled, √ lapped 2137 (see cap rec). 23 Apr 0800 Arrived to do implant experiment. Set up, get in, waited. At 0850 the bobber Fell. I reset it √ waited again. 4 came saw, √ Freaked. Waited more. I don't think this is such a great place. I decide to quit at 1100. But at 1050 ♂1426 Finally goes in. What the hell. I do a single bleed √ give him a T implant. paint 24 Apr 0920 Set r ready. (Not very optimistic) But at 1025 ♂ 2137 (From moon!) Fed, immediately Followed by 1385 (whose DG-R(N) band is essentially unreadable) Bled, measured, etc. He's now the control for the implant exper. Oh yes, I changed his band to DB-Y(N) (same position) [Ch yes, back on 421, ♂ 2137 is dom to 2138 - at least he copped the 9 31 May Eric reports bird flushing from hole at bottom enclosure 1 June 1500 3 Fresh eggs! 3 birds flush. I recat door √ mark eggs. Set blind. Hot dog. 3 June Yesterday Eric reported there are 2 entrances. Arrgh I climb (still 3 eggs) and plug up the open end of the snag
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus SHIL HNHR 13 June 1630 RL = 6.5, LL = 8.8. Egg looked dead (I think) Big gopher snake near base of tree on arrival. I took him 1/2 way back down to long field & released him.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus ArFT HNHR 13 Mar 1100-1200. Intentionally disregarding my repeated requests For ArFT to be censused regularly, Vat or Dwayne have ignored it since 1 Sept 1997. I arrive to Find both acorns or birds. I get a Full id on 3 (this was a spring 92 baby just now being sexed!) 2073. No other birds seen or heard. Gave 'em some dogfood. Mar Set strings For ps 7 Apr 0800 Hello holes - nada (did see 1 bird) 21 Apr 1500 " " 18 May Walt reports eggs in high hole 23 May 1630 4 incubated eggs (3 + runt) <-I think that's right. 24 May Veronica reports 3 2073 or new NOBA 9! 29 May 0800 RL: 4.8, BL: 3.25, RW: 3.2. All look like they hatched yesterday and are a bit thin. Can't stick Ravi runts here. 2 June 1515 RL=0=20.5, BL=10.8. Wow. 8 June 1530 O=45, - = 16. Wow. Wow. Set. tied lambush. 13 June Set + ready at 0930. Nabbed 9 (NOBA) at 1013. Band, bleed, stress series. Both babies alive. 21 June Alas, the runt is gone... and I needed him to stick into Wolf. Damn. See cap rec (WOK)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BKOK H N H R 7 Apr 0815 Hello'd holes - nada 13 Apr 1535 A bird in the old old hole above the knot in the poison oak tree. Have Fun Walt! 18 May Walt reports bird in PO hole 24 June 0930 Hello holes - nada
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus AL HNHR 7 Apr 1030 Hello - nada Eric reports bird in hole (92a) 21 Apr 1300 Bird in hole along w 3 dead eggs! Air bubble is Free Floating, looks like a place to stick the aviary kids. May Walt reports eggs in the cavern hole 29 May 0700 DB = 43.8, O = 32.8, Mv = 30.1, Added in 2 Ravi Kids: ODG = 24.8, DBR = 18.8 11 June Musical babies (0930). Brought the Z other Ravi Kids here From Rant (joining the Z already here). I removed the Z big kids (DB r 0) and took them to CV&R, So A1 was supposed to have 3 kids... and now has 5, only one of which is their own. Sorry For the confusion. Oh yes, I did a semi-stress series on the kids. [24 June KONT nest empty!]
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KOUT HNHR 7 Apr 0920 Hello-nada. Lots of acorns 13 Apr 1445 Eric reports bird in high E Facing hole. I climb, 4 incubated eggs! Now... who's here? 21 Apr 1400 Nice timing. Hatched 2-day (ish). RL = 8.0, LL = 5.3, RW = 5.0, LW = 4.6 28 Apr 0730 Nice timing. Hole contained 1 near death chick (RL). Well Fed but cold. So much for sticking these 2 RAVI kids in... I warm up RL - now he's Fine. I Found no other chick remains below the nest. I saw 1 1221 (LB M) (so I think it was him) Also saw a 3 w LB - maybe a (V) ... prob is 122). Any- way, he didn't sleep w jr last nite. I hear occasional garricks + heard 3 birds together, so this must be a q thing. Well, I again saw 3 birds but I think its 2 88'! I saw 1221 sitting w NOBA 9, so maybe it is a 8 thing. 3 w many tail spots seen (1221 phad) Bled RAVI R=1, B=2. Took to LAZ. 18 May Walt reports eggs in new E-Facing hole in burn snag 2 June 1415 On arrival a bird Flushes From the left hand side of the left hand trunk of the burn snag. There's a hole near there. 8 June 1330 2 birds in tree. A third comes in - chases one of the pair away. Things are still un- settled here I guess. 11 June 1000 Maybe not... Rebecca Finds nest in 93a hole ( ) 24 June 0900 Hole empty!!
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LAMB HNHR 7 Apr 0915 ≥ 3 birds here: NOBA 4, ♂ RM or RW, ♀ mo. Lamb ♂♂ are gone. Who are these birds? A bird twice went to the back side (very high), but doesn't seem to be a hole right there. We walked to Lamb or a bird flushed From near a high NW facing hole. I climbed & peeped & it was full of ACW shit. I checked the lower holes (the backside hole or both the low-low holes). Farmer w nice chips, upper at lobo w nice chips. Couldn't get a peep on lo.lo. 13 Ap 1500 Something's up here. Some garricks, some chasing, & birds that won't Fly very far away. Saw a total of 5 birds. The upper of the 2 low holes looked very nice. The back hole had several woodrat turds in it. The lobo hole (not a good peep) had a piece of lichen in the doorway. 14 Ap Eric reports A1 H/Ms (≈ NOBA 4 chasing other 49.) 28 Apr 0830 Hello holes - nada 18 May Walt reports bird in new hole in limb Facing old tree in tree uphill From trad tree. 2 June 1430 Cut open hole: DG = 30, LP = 22.9, R = 29.7, DB = 35.4 Est hatch 25 May. 8 June 1400 Set & tied ambusher 9 June Set & ready 0610. At 0631 I [illegible] nab 1985 for bleed & T implant. At 0727 I get 2035 (control).
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1993 M. Stanback 2 M. Formicivorus Lamb HNHR (9 June) At 0830 & goes in, I pull, bobber gets stuck at very edge of hole. & squeezes out. Freaked. Damn. Here's the problem. The bobber was wobbly after the 2nd &, so I used some Rameling to secure - camouflage it. But when I pulled, the lichen kept tension on the string instead of letting it Fall Free. Moreover, I had made a little notch (a little too deep) at the edge of the hole For the string to feed through. This was where the bobber stuck. Double damn. And didn't realise this until after I had reset it and was back in the blind 0850. 0918 Nab! Bleed (stress series) r band. Now I just hope they Feed r roost on the kids.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus FAAR HNHR 7 Apr 0910 Hello - nada 13 Apr 1510 Bird at upper of 2 traditional holes
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LA2 HNHR 7 Apr 0830 Nest! In south facing (new) hole in traditional tree. 3 dirty eggs - hard to say how Fresh (a bit?). Didn't cut. 21 Ap 1430 Cut hole. 2 Fat r sassies. DB = 24.8, D = 28.5. No egg. 28 Apr 0845 Unable to stick the Ravi chick (DB + R) into KOUT ) stick them in here, where they are much too small (I did bleed them First). Also set a blind. G 2202, 2203 18 May Walt banded these guys the other day - all 4 Fine. Veronica watched gran r saw only breeders. No helpers. Now. last years kids will have to be Unk 8 June 1445 Arrive. No one in any holes but I Figure out (instinct... r broken branches) which it is. Before I go up I notice an intact infertile egg on the ground "under" the nest. I also find a shell (doesn't look hatched) nearby. I climb r peep + see 1 opaque egg. I decide not to cut it open. Probably abandoned.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Bianca HNHR 7 Apr 0820 Saw 2 birds. The traditional hole has fallen! But they're building a nice new hole below the break. (But [illegible] the limb didn't break at the hole!) 9 June 1030 Hello spring 92 hole - nothing (+ heard nothing) 24 June 0915 Tried to find Walt's new hole here. Couldn't
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI H NHR 14 Mar 1450 Bled W/ At 1000 I had put a RAVT 8r9 in next cage over. 30 Mar Removed ACW's From other cage. Started acorns 1 Ap Started on mealworms. Nest empty. Bird in hole 2 Ap Mealworms +acorns." 3 Ap " " . 3 birds in hole 6 Ap 0915 Runt egg in nest! Didn't mark it. Bled all 5 birds between 0920 r 0940 (see cap regs) Marked 88's, didn't mark 99's. Fed Full thing'o'worms 2127: 9 B-w no paint 1783: 8 W/o green Forehead v rump rcheek 1785: 8 g/g 1 green Forehead stripe 1789: 8 % pink Forehead r cheek 1787: 9 y/y no paint 1300 (time) runt egg still there. 2 birds in hole. Set up video camera For 2 hours starting 1304(the camera thinks its 1217 or something. 7 Apr 1100 Marked 2nd egg (laid by 0800 wdk). Question is, did walt turn on the camera at 0800 or not. I turned it on - started recording at 1115 (the power was off when I started) The weird thing was that the tape looked like it was ½ way done. Gave 'em a Full thing 'o' worms. 8 Apr #10 0930 New egg (no mark). Removed runt. Started tape 9 Apr 1030 Marked eggs 2 r 3 (I put a smudge on yesterday's) Started video 10 Apr 1130 Marked egg #4, started video, gave mealworms
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI HUNHR 30 Mar Finally removed the 2 active in they other cage. Also started these guys on waxworms. 11 Apr 1030 Marked egg #5, started camera, gave mealworms. The color is wearing off these guys (or the helper 9 was incubating yesterday - or the 99 aren't marked. Yikes. 12 Apr 1030 Still just 5 eggs. Th-th-thats all Folks! ½ worm 29 + 1 runt = clutch = 6! 14 Apr Gave ⅓ worms 17 Apr 1020 Egg #1 infert. Rest are OK 18 Apr 1230 Measure eggs. [illegible] #1 = 25.75 x 19.1 #2 = 26.6 x 19.9, #3 = 27.15 x 20.25, #4 = 27 x 20.55 #5 = 27.4 x 20.1, runt (already removed) 19 Apr 1400 Bleed all 5 birds (but forgot to repaint). They were nearly all gushers (esp 1783, who bled 26 tubes !!!). Will divide up tubes for thaw experiment. Gave them the MOON eggs. Later put in 2085 From MOON into next cage - he died overnight (stress?) 21 Apr 1200 Egg 2 recently hatched (RL), egg 3 hatching, eg 4 pipping, egg 5 nothing yet. Nice! Mealworms 1600 Egg 3 hatched, egg 4 still pipping (marked egg tooth), didn't check egg 5. More mealworms. 22 Apr 0600 RL = 6.1, RW = 5.9, LW = 4.65, egg 5 pipping. ♂ 1130 RL = 7.2, RW = 7.4, LW = 5.2, 4.7 = B. Hey, a pass! I removed shells. So... a 24 hour spread, but index >2.5! Should I rethink the 24 hr cutoff. 23 Apr 1330 4 kids, look OK (eggs there). Didn't weigh.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI H N H R 24 Apr 1200 RL=13.2, RW=12.5, LW=10.3, B=10.6=LL 26 Apr 1200 RL=23.2=R, RW=22=DG, LW=18.2=Y, LL =20.3=DB. Fat r sassy. When will Moon eggs hatch. 28 Apr 0700 B=31.3, R=30.8. Took these 2 to KOUT, but they had Failed (except For 1 kid RL who I revived r took back to RAVI), so I took B+rR to HAZ, where they are several days too young. I bled them First (2202 r 2203). Moon eggs gone. 1 May 0745 DG=DG/R=44.5 (13.6), vOBA:LB/W=36 (12.5) Y=Y0=42 (13.75). Removed these babies so we can get an egg toss photo. To CVI, OK EO. event Oh subtract 1 to make 43.5, 35, r 41 9 May laid 1st egg. Was not marked (watt!) I was gone 10 May All day copulation watch. No cops seen. Just mateguarding WO was like glue on the 9 all day. GG just sat in the corner, OO eat in the nest, - HF Flew back r Forth all day (Zugunruhe) 11 May 0800 Gave mealworms, marked egg #3. All eggs warm - I guess they'll quit at 4. So bleeding them 2 day probably doesn't mean squat. Shit. I wish I could've bled them earlier (like sev days ago). But, oh-fuck it. See cap recs for bleed into. 13 May 1700 Shouldaknown. 5 eggs! 19 May 1=25.9 x 20.3, 2=26 x 19.4, 3=25.95 x 19.8, 4=25.6 x 20.35, 5=26.85 x 20.7. Egg 2 dead - I removed it. 23 May 0630 Eggs 1 r 3 hatched about same time, but chick from 1 was stuck inside (helped out). 1=RW, 3=LW
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RAVI H/NHR 24 May 0600 RL = 5.5, LL = 4.9, RW = 5.5, LW = 7.7. Where are the mealworms that were ordered? Egg 5 last. 27 May 0600 Still no mealworms - and the babies aren't looking good. Fucking A. 28 May 1700 RL = 16 = LB/P, RW = 12.3 = R, LW = 24.7 = O/DG LL = 16.7 = DB/R. These weights are as read off a pesola w/o a clamp at the bottom. Go Figure. Clip = 1.6 g minus bag: 1.0 g = .6 g added to all above wts :: RL = 16.6, RW = 12.8, LW = 25.3, LL = 17.3. I removed these kids, tried to bleed them (Kelly got 2 bled) and put 2 M. Lewis in Ravi nest. Lewis' much bigger, but Ravi birds finally accepted them. Ravi kids spent night under a lamp. 29 May Took Ravi kids to A1 to add in. A1 kids big! 0700 OG = 24.8, BR = 18.8, LB LP = 17.6, r= I added OG + BR to A1, then went to ArFT to put small kids there, but ArFT just hatched. Ravi kids now in limbo. I finally got blood from the runt (#2264), who keeps stealing the Fucking sharpies!!!!!!!!! Ravi kids (the small 2) ended up at Rant, where they were accepted in the place of their bandable kids! 2 Lewis kids in Ravi. 1 June 0700 Bled all 5 Ravi birds. Painted. See cap recs. 9 June 1200 Lewis' still not Fledged. 11 June 0600 Ditto. I put Rant 8 in here for power struggle 1330 8 looks OK, some dog food seems to be gone. Gave acorns. 13 June M. lewis Fledged!
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1993 M. Stanback 5 M. Formicivorus Ravi HNHR June 23 0900 Seized with intuition, I grab a pen r check the nest - Yep - 1 Fresh (runt egg). Set up a sham camera June 24 0800 Runt egg gone. Marked new normal egg as #1. Bled all birds (r painted too) except For BF (who did spend a few minutes in a bag) 1215 Start video (which says start time is 1230) No one in hole on arrival 25 June 0745 Mark egg #2. Start video (0800) 26 June 0745 Mark egg #3 (warm). Start video '0800' 27 June Marked egg #4. No video. Camera Fucked. 28 June No new egg. 1: 26.2 x 19.7, 2: 25.75 x 20.1, 3: 27 x 20.8, 4: 26.75 x 19.85. See FA notes for hatching.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANA 12 Mar 1500-1630. Saw NOBA ♂, Well damn. All the banded birds are gone! Replaced by 3 NOBA ♂♂ and at least 1 (I think 2) NOBA ♀♀. The 3 ♂♂ gathered around the high hole r argued while a 4th bird (a ♀ perhaps) was inside. One of the ♂♂ has a white base to his bill (not the Feathers). So... I'm pretty sure there are 5 birds here. The 2 I'm watching now has brown tips to all her wing Feathers). A ♂ just went inside the high hole. I waited but never saw a 2nd ♀ (but the birds kinda left). But that ♂ stayed in the hole til I left (½ hr) Yokes 13 Mar I come to roost watch but Find 2 dead birds with their heads stuck out of the low pole hole. Starling in the hole w/ the separate square door (acwir wanted in). 2 birds eventually roosted in high hole. 14 Mar I think I counted 5 birds here. Checked the woods For a hole - couldn't Find anything. I pulled the 2 dead birds out of the pole hole and Found a 3rd inside. What a slow r horrible death. One of the birds at the entrance was 2008 (♀), the other was a NOID ♂. The remains inside the hole were those of ♀ Z155 (Found bands From R leg, though skull or bones were only remains. While there may have been more inside, I couldnt really be sure. Roost Watch: 6 birds! I saw a reciprocated pre-
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANA (14 Mar) roost mounting that looked to be a copulation. Tail was wrapped around r cloacal contact seemed to be made! And this was 2 males! (I'm pretty sure). Later I saw a real real copulation. It was not reciprocated and the top bird slid down the side of the bottom bird r hung on to get full cloacal contact for over 3 seconds 18 Mar Having caught the white-billed ♂ From here at the Rant powerstruggle, I go over at 1115 to see how he survived his lap. He's Fine!! But I also noticed that a ♀ has green paint - so it was her we caught at the RANT p.s. The RANA birds left the area after I did these 2 r a NOBA ♂, so I can't say if we caught the other ♀ here. 19 Mar 1500 Relapped 2160 (blue) From other side (a pain). I'm pretty sure I was looking right at his testis (very pinkish red - maybe that's what threw me off originally). Anyway, about 5 mm. Relapped 2157: testis @ 7mm long. 30 Mar 1030 Drive by: banded ♂ at "nest" hole with another bird. Need to check it r set ambush. 1 Apr 0800-0930. Birds in the high hole, but the big surprise is that ♂2186 r ♂2188 are here! They were the 2nd batch of birds to move to RANA - they were also kept in the aviary for awhile - r I wondered why the last 2 gave up (the 2 we didn't catch). There's a NOBA♂, NOBA♀ here.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 3 RANA (1 Apr) NOBA ♀ has tail spots. At least 5 birds here. Hey, the banded ♀ I saw the other day may not have been, I think I saw like green paint or assumed it must be the banded ♀ I had seen earlier. They are mate guarding (2♂♂ on NOBA ♀). Hey, definitely 2 NOBA ♂♂. One of them checked out (looked in) the death hole. No sign of a 2nd ♀. 7 Apr 1350-1420 Watched. Yep, they're going in the high hole. Saw white-bill ♂ NOBA ♂, plus a bird who sits on top of the nest limb r sleeps. I'm concerned that he's a sick lap bird, but I see no paint and he's fluffed over his legs. He's been there the whole time! D&M = is this ♀ 2183? The sleepy ♂ moved - I'm pretty sure I saw no bands. No Forehead or rump paint either. Time to climb. I Free climbed up r set a string. The hole is chippy, but it's a split level (bad news-remember <Hay?>). The door has grown over, but I didn't cut it - next time. The sleepy ♂ Flew in r I think he is sick (he's also a NOBA). He had trouble flying, landing, r walking. In Fact he came within 5 ft of me. Anyway, the hole isn't that huge, so I need a roost watch here to see where everyone sleeps. Then ambush. 10 Ap Came to roost watch - the owner's are here. Damn. 14 Apr 1015 Nice timing! I climb to Find 2 Fresh eggs! I recut the door
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 4a RANA (14 Apr) Did a 1.5 hr watch here (see sheet). Saw ♂ 2182, ♂ 2186, ♂ 2188, NOBA ♂, ♀ 2183, ♀ 2184, r NOBA ♀. I was hoping to ambush tomorrow night, but there's a potluck. What to do... this group offers so many possibilities... and ambushing ruins several of them. I guess I have to stop doing my dissertation sometime.... Roost watch: SEE PAGE 4b 15 Apr 0600 Tied off ambusher (didn't peep) 0810 Arrived to do ambush just as it starts to rain. I decide to wait 'til 0830, when it starts raining even harder. Around 0900 it starts letting up, so I go set the ambusher. At 0935 the NOBA ♀ goes in. Wham! I do a lap there at RANA, but the ♀ dies (over-anæsthetized). She's now a spirit specimen. Now there are just 2 BF here (both banded). Here's the rub. When I climbed to set the ambush, there were still just 2 eggs. What gives? It was obvious that not all 3 were laying, but I expected something more than the 2. Maybe the ambusher Freaked them or they laid elsewhere. (then again, there was a bird in the hole at 0900 v I caught the ♀ rather quickly, so who knows. Gave her # 2196 (took RBC's - plasma, no stress series.) No bands. See cap rec.
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1993 M. Stanback 46 M. Formicivorus RANA 14 Apr Roost watch: I set an ambush on the nest. Kelly watched it (1 bird). I tried to keep a general eye out. 2 birds went into the forest, the rest were (it sounded like) together somewhere in the tree. I thought I saw 2 birds go low but I couldn't find a hole there afterwards. So... 1 bird... I decide not to ambush. Instead I'll try for a female tomorrow morning - they were in the hole non-stop today. 16 Apr 0845 I watch nest hole for 10 min. A ♂ sticks head cut! I wonder if there are more eggs? 27 Apr 1330 Climbed to weigh hatchlings & instead I find a dead NOBA ♂ and no eggs. When I arrived, however, a bird flushed suspiciously from the central part of the tree. I guess this dead fellow is the sick NOBA I saw on 7 April. But the NOBA ♂ on 14 Apr looked fine. Were there 2 NOBA ♂? I guess I'll find out. 1445-1515. Watched from truck. Birds eventually came in, but they showed no nestiness or mate- guarding whatsoever! I don't think I started a Fick effect since all 3 fems were pre-incubating. I looked for holes w birds after spying - nada. !?! Dead ♂: ch=145 tail=80, culm=33.0. No tail spots. Some Brown wing tips.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANA 26 May 1430-1510 Parked r watched. Saw some birds but no nestiness. What gives? Finch effect? 30 May 1315-1400 Spied, First From across Field. Heard "peck-peck-peck" From (I think) Side near road. Also saw a couple visits to other side. Little activity. Ah ha! Moved truck. Bird in the old separate doors Faces the road lowish ambush hole. Peck peck. Heard nothing when flushed. Must be eggs. 1 June 1400 Damn. Climbed r peeped. Empty...and still some old straw From the starling nest. 9 June 1230-130 Spied. Saw birds but no real nestiness. Some Flights (2-3) toward nest, but also several more into woods across Field (they were hanging out flycatching at the edge there). Hello-nada. Even crows were flycatching. (what, 4-5?) 12 June Removed & From Rant yesterday, r it looks like those crazy Rana & have moved over there. (I was trying to ID w binocs, so don't take my word for it yet... see Rant notes) Maybe there is a Finch effect here. Shit, that would explain why the NOBA & wasn't caught last time r why... but wait, they were all pre-incubating. Oh well. 1830 IDd 4 WDE, 9 DEM. One went into the nest hole. Another was picking green acorns! (gran Full) Roost: Maybe 1 in gran, heart 1 other by pool. So if the & are at RANT, why no replacements?
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANA HNHR 13 June 0700 - 0800 Dead. Just wm here 14 June 0700 88 still at Rant. Still dead here! 15 June 0700 All quiet here, though the 8 must be back here (after being evicted from Rant by Mr Pink) We released 2182 or 2186 one at a time back at Rant, where they were both chased out by Pink. Presumably they are back at RANA... or will they combine forces again r take on Mr Pink.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT 12 Mar 1300 - 1500. NOBA ♂ w [illegible] brown on both wings. I see 3 birds here, but avoid granery (cue) The NOBA looked in the ambush hole. A piece of black connects across white tween eye r bill on right, but not on left. Saw ♂ 2160 so who is this NOBA? The missed baby? Well, I waited - chased - I did the following: ♂ 2157, ♂ 2160, (♀) 2130, and the NOBA ♂ (who must be the missed baby). I only saw the left leg of 2130, but I saw it over r over. Never saw any other ♂ which concerns me. 1630 Set strings (2 sets) For nets. 13 Mar Roost watch. Kelly sees 2 birds go in low hole at 1825 14 Mar Ambush, Pole worked well (I fixed it so it telescopes again). Caught NOBA ♂ From the other day (yes, it's him) r ♀ 2159 (who I hadn't seen). The ♂ (now 2180) does not look like a 92 kid. He's got a long bill r is molting some crown (her) body Feathers. What gives? We take him back to Hastings For laps. Very difficult. Thigh muscle goes much too high. Put ♂ r ♀ into aviary. 15 Mar 0800. Lapped ♂ again - this time got it rite! Testis ~ .5 cm. Then did ♀ - Found inactive ovaries. The trick is to go under the thigh muscle - past the last rib. [illegible] Both were a little lite under here So I gave them a squirt of peanut butter.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT (15 Mar) 1700 Both 8 & 9 seemed Fine in aviary. 16 Mar 0730 9 Fine r Flying around. 8 was asleep on the aviary wall below roost hole. Looked like he slept there (shit pile). I gave (Force Fed) him some dogFood or put him in the log. Oh yes, last night 2 birds roosted in a snag hole in the granary (the nest where I stole kids in 92). We ambushed this am but there's a 2nd entrance Roost watch: 1 bird into a snag hole near the 13 Mar ambush hole. I watched over in the W trees, where I Found a hole last night (or prevented a bird From using). 2 birds went into it Z-nite (of course, I also chased 2 birds out of a live oak hole a little earlier) 17 Mar Ambush! Pole over granary hole, got 9 Z130. Then pole over the W Woods hole and got 2 birds, 8 From RANT + 9 2007 From RANA! What's she doing here - I guess she's a Floater since being evicted From RANA. Anyway, got single blood samples from all 3 birds (@ 1 hr after pole) C'est la vie, All back to lab for laps. Will this ambush start a power struggle? 8 Z157 is still there, as is 9 Z158 (but she wasn't seen the other day). By the way, it was pouring rain all thru the ambush! After lapping & bloodwork, it was back out to RANT for a power struggle. Not real active, but OK. 8 Z157, NOBA 8, & NOBA 9 all Friendly.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT 17 Mar Saw 2 copulations (separated by @ ½ hr) One was a reciprocal mount. The 3 amigos were charing off contenders, whom we were catching. By @ 2:00, it was very quiet (no challengers). We took our 4 birds (one of whom was the white beaked BM From RANA) back to lab for laps, r bloodwork. I returned all 4 birds to RANT (r RANA) at 1745, then went to W woods For roost watch. 1 bird into the woods hole. We decide to do a nite ambush. Score! Bleed r back to lab, Long day! 18 Mar 0830 ID Capture Wt Bands 18 Mar wt 2007 ♀ 83 BB B M dead (yell) 2130 ♂ 75 RB m b 77.8 2157 ♂ 83.5 RP relay black 2159 ♂ 76 Wg Yk 74.5 (blue) 2160 ♂ 86.5 no 0 relay 88.0 died green 2180 ♂ 82.5 RM 72.5 died Fed light birds w peanut butter stuffed log w dog Food + acorns. 2007 (the RANA bird who inexplicably roosted w a RANT bird - hey now I remember that there was some vocalizations + pecking inside the hole when the 2nd bird landed) was dead, with a bit of a mess around her cloaca. Dissection: undeveloped ovaries ⚫, n 3 that were @ 1+ mm in diam. Lapped ♂ 2157 - couldn't tell squat. 1045 Nets up + ready For a power struggle - which isn't going on. What's the deal? There's a pair
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1993 M. Stanback 4 M. Formicivorus RAUNT (18 Mar) here that's pretty chummy (more reciprocal mounting seen) plus a third bird that's tolerated. They're ignoring the power struggle tape or avoiding the granary. Oh at least one of yesterday's 99 was a RANA bird (the green painted 9). Gave up at noon. Will try something else. Oh, I'd the 3 birds here. One is a 8' w white spots on the ends of his wings (2"40), a 8' w plain brown tips, and a 9. Roost watch: no one 21 Mar 1030 Came by on a whim, power struggle (still) on! Back to Hastings, got Eric or came back. Set nets. Nada. About 5 birds resident here. Some peripheral birds, but we eventually caught the only one that came in (4). Bled banded, released w/o lapping. (She was chased away). Shoulda visited yesterday. pink 19 2185 WBBW M gb 2 2186 8 Ylp KW M O RANTN (RANA) 9 2130 RB M b Ranto. 2187 9 wb DP M Y-16 RANTN 8 2157 MP Ranto, 2188 8 RB M RW B " RANA! 9 2159 bgw W/M Ranto. 2189 9 NO Ob O " died 8 2160 MO Ob O Ranto. 2190 9 M Y-16 LP DE died 8 2180 RM Ranto. 2192 4 DE-LP M Nbw Yell RANTNN 9 2181 MO WO 2191 8 DG-DB M LP/R 8 2182 KWM DP BY RANA 9 2183 GM Mv P RANA 9 2184 WG WM RANA Roost watch: Nobody. They're not sleeping here.
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1993 M. Stanback 5 M. Formicivorus RANT 22 Mar 0830 Another day at the races. This time we brought along 2 old Rant birds (♂+♀) to entice the rascals. They would sit on the cage, but not go in. We finally let the ♀ go (2130) but she'd rather switch than fight. Put ♂ over in shade, but the new Rant birds continued to harass him, so we put up a net by the ground... and caught 2 birds! Bleed + stress series. A few intruders, but very slow. Quit at 1230. Back For laps The birds we caught are ♂ 2186 ♀ 2187. ylp K-W wb/DP 2186 m 0 2187 m y16, Laps: 2186:5mm, ♀ undevel 23 Mar 0830 start, caught ♂ 2188 Released ♀ 2159 at 0855, released blue ♂ 2160, but he pooped out (after being thrashed) or couldn't make it to the Far trees - I picked him up & rebagged him - will rehab him back at Hastings. Then released pink 2157 who fought like a trooper but also retreated to the Far trees. Of the 2 ♂ + 1 ♂ released, none have returned to fight. An hour later the ♀ here started flycatching near the net - Finally blundered in (2189) Gave up at 1110 Returned to Hastings: when pulled out of bag, blue was on his last legs. Fed, but no good. Died at 1200. Will do autopsy. Green (2180) on back on floor of aviary. Can't walk - very thin. Gave p.nut butter or put in cage.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 6 RANT (23 Mar) Autopsy of 2160: Skin was very yellow & thick under all around original lap. Wasn't pus - I opened r seemed mostly to be just color - stains. Lap hole under leg had healed, but when I opened the bird, there appeared to be like mold right around entrance of lap (very near lung). Other side was better looking - no yellow. However, the skin was puffed out like there was an air sac problem. Looked fine all the way in. The testis on the original side was irregular (which means my need for a double lap was real) Testis sits under the very red, surprisingly globular kidney lobe. Don't be mistaken! I removed the "normal" testis on the right side. L=5mm, W=4.3 mm, mass=.04 g. I put this testis in the vial in the Formalin jar. 2160 is in the Formalin (sans color bands, but w Metal band r blue paint.) Mold growing on inner wall. 1530: 2180 died: autopsy: heavy thick overgrown scab over wound - but not leaky. Again, the whole area (1" diam) around incision appeared white due to the orange tissue underlying the skin. As with 2160, there was mold growing on the inner body wall near the lap hole (around it). Leg was stiff even before death. Testes symmetrical. Removal I r put in vial in Formalin. 4.3 x 3.5 mm, .022 g. Carcass in Formalin (24 Mar) 0800 Went to Rant: dead quiet. Cows messed 1 string. 27 Mar 0825-0845. NOBA 4 (narrow blk band on Forehead) here
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANI (27 Mar) Karritting drumming (or a couple garricks); she's with Mr. White Bill () From RANA. Maybe she's a RANA 99. I think it's just the Z of them. No sign of the NOBA 29 Mar 0800 Arrive to find power struggle in progress. Re-upped the string or put up net, only to have string break. Finally all set at 0830. Slowly started catching birds (see cap recs). Released all 4 aviary birds, but they didn't stay or fight. However, the periphery is crawling w banded birds. A female we caught intruding last week is one of Z here (we caught her again plus the other one - who we didn't know was a new resident until we let her go. The Z♂♀ here do nothing but fight e/o. I released 99 upo laps since I really don't think they're cranked up. I am taking the ♂ we (me r Eric) caught back for laps. So... ended up catching 6 birds, one of which was Z 2130, an original RANT bird. (Also saw Z159 in tree.... Oh yes, by late morning the group established here was Z ♂♀ (the Bickersons - since they argued constantly) and the Z 99 (pink or green). After releasing green or catching pink, a NOBA came in and refused to leave. She r green chased or chased. Finally Z130(old yeller) came barreling in, NOBA left and green r yellow Fought hard (about 5 tumbles - the last one being when I got both of them in my hands).
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT (29 Mar) They were on the ground For a good 20 secs, Fighting hard (trying to kill e/o). So we had both 99 pink r green in hand and 2159 wastes no time in Flirting with the 285. Fearing a takeover (r hoping pink would chase chase 2159 into a not) we release pink r 2159 retreats w/o a fight. Damn. Quieted down pretty Fast. We did however catch white bill(!) again. In fact, one of the ♂ attacked him while he was in the net. So in the end we brought back to Hastings the 8 NOBA r 9 green r 9 yellow r putem in the aviary (after lapping the ♂: a difficult lap (as most are For ♂)). I Finally decided that I had Found testes (7 mm), but not 100% sure. We leave at @ 2:30. 30 Mar 0745 Up nets r ready (+♂ in a cage). & 2189 ♂ chasing w Pink, but Pink holding her own (Should've kept her yesterday, dammit). Caught 2189 who started being accepted by Pink. Eric saw ♂ w pink r black stripe (saw Lite/DP) = #2187 Quit at 1010. 31 Mar 1020 Arrive to Find a bit of chasing (peripheral birds getting bolder) Nets up by 1030. Very serious chasing (usually quiet) ♂ PP in intruder tree r getting chased. 1130 Caught Bickerson #1 (since only 1 there after). At 1230 caught " #2, Then, instead of going
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT (31 Mar) really nuts, it got dead quiet. As soon as I was done w blood (solo), I looked up to find that the 2 99 were sitting w a ♂! I figured I had caught r intruder r not a Bickerson until I checked r saw that the ♂ is Pink! 'ole' 2157 himself. After a bleed, stress series, a week in the aviary, 2 laps, + several weeks away From his granary..., he's back. Amazing! 1700 Released Bickersons after successful laps (see cap regs) One is marked blue, the other black. Females were with Pink. I released one + pink chased. Released other then 99 greeted him, but then pink came r chased him too. Fickle 99. Left after 10 min w Pink r 2 99 sitting quietly 1 April 0740 Arrived to find 99 Pr G alone in tree. A 3rd bird flew in briefly, was greeted, and then flew back across the field. I suspect ♂ Pink. Pink ♂ (2157) is the ♂ here. He is abo the only surviving ♂ in the original RANT group. So if I wait a couple weeks r catch all 3 of these birds, maybe old yeller r friends (9) will move back in and new ♂♂ (Bickersons perhaps) will have a new p.s. Kind of a shame to have just 1 BM here. 7 Apr 1315-1345. Only bird I saw was pink ♀ 1515. I drive up r 3 birds leave. 14 Apr 1045 3 birds leave when I drive up (to the Far trees)
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT (14 Apr) I id Pink r Green (94) r Pink (8?). However, when I was over at Rana, I saw a major chase down here - so I don't know for sure what's up. 16 Apr 0900 I remove nails by low pole hole (at 0830 Chris shows me a potential nest on W side of CV road) 22 Apr Roost watch. 3 birds - coming r going. At least I roosts somewhere in the fat snaggy limb where they nested last year. They went to bed late so it was hard to see. An owl came out of the original ambush hole (I'm pretty sure). I flashed all the holes (including the one in the woods) and got nothing. 27 Apr 1400 I sneak up r hear "tap-tap-tap". Hello r 9 sticks head out of the lefthand of the 2 holes in the fat high snag (same as 92a nest) I manage a peey (next time bring the big ladder - the snag is très rotten w baby oaks growing out of it) and see no eggs (~90% sure). Gee, do I want to start a p.s. with babies r see if they have infanticide? Or do I nab the 8 on the nest during egg laying to get monoq blood? 24 May Rana III: Kris showed me a low nest. 2 chicks big = RY KNW O = 66 g (1°=15), small = MV = 50 (4). I took small one r put into R1 26 May 1530 Nest!! 4 babies (how'd I miss it?) in snag limb.
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1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT 1' + c (26 May) W/DG = 57 6 4 17.0 4 R3 2252 R-DB/Ym = 72.5, 16, 6(10), 17.65 1 Plg 2253 DG/O = 66, 11, 7, 17.1 3 1800 2254 AP/R = 67, 13, 5(6), 18.3 2 Gate 2251 Bled or banded (sorta) kids. I set an ambush or tied it off, I'll catch & here For PS, either while feeding or at night. 29 May 1400 Took 3 big Kids, left the Ravi runts, Took 'em to Gate, 1800. Put 2253 in Ravi nest. Will add to Plge tomorrow 30 May 1300 All 3 kids Fine; adult was brooding when I arrived. I chanced it or took the last big kid. To Ravi, the R3. 1 June 1330 Bird Flushed, babies begged. All is well. 2 June Set r ready at 0730. By 0845 there was still not even a visit to the tree, so I left. 9 June 1300 Babies Fine. I started setting strings. Was stupid or got ball stuck in old string .... string broke, piece of limb broke ... so there's a ball, limb, + tons of string hanging. Fucking A. Finally got string set for big net. " " 11 June Ambush! (set last nite) Got the 8; stress series. After net problems, we Finally are set r ready or playing the power struggle tape at 0600. The 2 99 came but that's it. Quit at 0700. Took babies (orig From Ravi) and put into A1. 12 June 0615 Set nets. 3 88' (banded) (one is M0) have moved in. 8_____ blundered in nets. Then birds
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1993 M. Stanback 12 M. Formicivorus RANT (12 June) refused to come to granary. Took 9 to aviary. Quit at 0800. Once we got in the truck, the birds returned, r 1 10'd (with binoculars) 8 WKM = BR-W/D = 2188 From RANA?, DM: Geez, are these the RANA birds moving in again? Maybe it is a Finch effect over there. 14 June 0700 Released 9 + 8 (green + pink). 9 was severely reprimanded by her sister - for the whole morning. would mount her + peck her head, but green wouldn't leave top of granary. The 8 (pink) had the shit beat out of him by the 3 8+, but no one ever hit the net. Damn. He finally gave up + sat on the periphery garricking. The 3 8+ occasionally gave chase. Damn, damn. I wanted 1 8+ here, not 3 (so I could do a p.s. next spring) Back to Hastings, grabbed a Ravi 8+ + stuck him in a cage on the ground w/ a net above. Caught 88 2182 r 2186 (+ had to deal w/ Brian + Kent's kids - whee!). Green 9 still getting chased, but at least the pink 8+ has a fair fight. Brought 2182 + 2186 back to aviary. 15 June 0700 For better or worse, Mr Pink is back in charge at RANT... with 2 99 (the green is still getting beat up by her sister). Released white bill who put up a good fight but was routed. Other 8+ (released 15 min later) also chased away.
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1993 M. Stanback M. lewis wt wc ls l Ts T 1st2 cla 28 May Nest #1: W: 103 88 34 59.5 21 35 big 19.8 0800 DB 109.5 87 30 58 23 36 " 19.6 culmen hard to measure Y 93 76 33 48 20 28 19.5 LA 106 93 34 64 21 38 20 Nest #2: llwd 112 102 36 72 18 45 1063-99001 ~1000 " 101 94 32 66 18 43 99002 " 102 92 33 62 19 41 99003 Nest #3: 112 61 24 32 16 25 99004 1025 104 59 25 30 16 22 99005 Nest #4: 108 60 27 32 14 31 99006 1030 98 54 20 26 12 17 99007 63 33 10 10 6 6 99008 M. formicivorus wt wc ls l Ts T 2nd prim. 28 may 00: 84 96 26 70 15 44 small 0600: 88 96.5 24 72 15 47 small mm: 80 91 27 66 13 45 small bb: 82 94 24 68 19 42 small ww: 77 78 24 53 20 34 small yy: 79 85 24 58 19 38 small
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1993 M. Stanback Species Accounts HNHR 12 Mar Heard 1st Western flycatcher of the year. Swallows showed up sev days ago (8 Mar?) 14 Mar Griffin's pear trees Flowering (First buds opening) 22 Mar First oriole! Walt saw one on 20 Mar? 27 Mar 0800 Townsend's solitaire in yard of Bell House! 28 Mar " " still here 29 Mar " " " 30 Mar " " " Lupines blooming at UPHF 31 Mar Alligator lizard, black-chinned hummer. At Rana Crk, marked a pond turtle [illegible drawing] 3 Apr Entrance of 52. nail Flat. W. pond turtle. I marked it' [illegible drawing] Small turtle 12 Apr Scrub jay nest in bush by Fence (E) in back yard of Bell house. 20 Apr 0830 20 jays flew in essentially 1 Flock (5) over by Robertson house (scrub, I think) 21 Apr Saw another Flock o' jays over MOON. W. Flycatchers on Red House Porch have 3 eggs. Titmice in woodcrete box have 8 eggs. eventually failed as eggs 26 Apr Western Kingbird at PHF by road. So both scrub jay nests (lab + Bell house) have Failed. Saw house birds carrying material. Saw hind bunny. 1 May 0830 Coyote at OKCO 11 May There are Lazuli buntings everywhere this year! 28 May Griffin's matilla poppies start blooming. Fawns! 8 June Mtn quail avec bebe's (Fresh) on Arnold road.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Chonga HNHR 5 Mar Winter FA's saw only 1 bird here. Jeremy saw only this bird yesterday. He did roost watch 2nite or saw no one! 12 Mar J roost watches again. 3 birds into granary, mounted, - seemed to roost in granary, but not in uphill hole. Will set ambush at the back hole tomorrow. 13 Mar Roost watch o ambush set. Well, they have a new hole just above the traditional backside hole. I set ambush at "trad" hole. Birds roasted very late (1835). Lotsa moving - shuffling (or maybe an intruder?)... I ended up in trad hole, 3-4 (?) in other hole. I won't ambush tomorrow. 14 Mar 1000 Cut open the new hole, set (or tied) a new ambush, secured last nights (what the hell). Will try tonight. Birds haven't touched dogfood; ants going nuts. 1830 Arrive, unsecure the ambushers (snip the lichen I had holding them) - wait. At 1832 a single bird came in (bottom) at 1847 (as I was about to leave the blind!) 2 birds came in from across the ravine or roasted (1 bott, 1 top). Lesson? Don't leave 'til dark. 15 Mar Beware the ides of March. Lots went wrong - namely 2 of the 3 birds flushed while I pulled the string. Shit. The only good thing was a nice looks at a pygmy owl. Well, also, the bottom is filled with water in the bottom hole (duh, brain dead) The 1 bird we caught was # 2114, a 1992 baby
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Chge HNHE (15 Mar) who, I would bet, has not been seen since banding. We, pissed as we were, did not Move the Feeders. P.S. This bird was in the bottom hole PPS 3 birds showed up once it got light. 14 Apr 1000 6 Fresh eggs in the new hole just distal to the 93 hole. 4 bigger, 2 smaller. #1-2 looked newest, though I wouldn't put money on it. I checked the old uphill-facing hole r even opened it (to clear out the mouse nest) only to have a woodrat face me once I got the door out. I left him alone r replaced door. So much For my plans of catching helpers here to implant P-1. Now I'll have to catch them 1 Foot away at the 93 hole. Risky... Will return later today to set a blind. 20 Apr Oh well, there goes Chongo. Eggs removed For removal experiment. 25 Apr 0530 No pipping yet. See Joey's notes (r/or the capture recs For hatch order, etc) 26 Apr 0600 Eggs 3-6 hatched egg — pipping 29 Apr Set ambush at new (nest) hole. Starling into other hole. Joey scared them From BANX, but they didn't come over here like last night, 30 Apr Try again. No luck. Not even a starling (though one ACW roosted just downhill From blind). Took down the ambusher.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Buck HNHR 22 Mar On my way up to roost watch I hear "peck peck peck" + Find a new hole in a tree @ 100 m 5 at the granary. It's near the top of the tree in a sideways branch. However, it seems to be leaking chips out of the bottom. I roost watch at the uphill hole - nothing. 30 Mar Roost watch the new hole (a little too close but they still went in ... about 4 ?) (late). I'm afraid it's a ladder climb - maybe 1/2 will do. 31 Mar 1530 J. + I hauled 1/2 of the big ladder up r it just barely makes it to (near) the new hole. I set the ambush, then came down. Will return for roost. 1 Apr April Fool's! Bloody hell! I pull the string and out come 2 birds. The ball got stuck on a breaking piece of bark at the edge of the hole. Bugger all. I did put nice new pieces of black hardware cloth on the 2 "leaks" at the bottom yesterday. I didn't cut a door, since I can get in the hole at the bottom - or at least scare them out through it. I did however forget to check for eggs (not that it's likely).I Left the ladder up there - just in case they change mind. 11 Apr Roost watch uphill hole - nothing. Heard birds at granary. 27 May Katy does census.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Plge HNHR 1 Mar Roost watch: 2 birds flew to branch near '93 nest hole, sat awhile together. After a while @6:10 one flew down to (?) 93 hole (r-in?). Other went in at 1815. No vocalizations, no mounting. Only 2. 22 Mar 1730 On my way to roost watch at Buck I see a bird in the "basal" of the 2 93 holes. 30 Mar 0840-0900 Spy on 93 tree - no visits. 31 Mar 1515 Bird in lower hole 1630 No one in hole, but I'm gonna check it. Uh-oh, string is broken, Try Forever to get ball in right place. Finally, but then the !@# ball gets stuck. I give up. Will try again tomorrow. 1 Apr 0945 Hell'd 93 hole - nothing. 1730 Climbed - checked - no eggs - but looks very nice Roost watch: 3 birds to "nest", 2 over by Griffith's office 2 Apr 5 roost watches by office or gets 3 birds into a new hole in a tiny limb. Being the greedy SOB that I am, I announce a pole ambush for the am, even though a) there's no door, or b) we're already doing an ambush at Knol. Wish me luck. 3 Apr Ambush! After ambushing at Knol (successfully), we rush over here, I pole it perfectly, we get the big ladder under the hole, + all 3 birds came out into the bag (one at a time, thank you). Lapped 2056 + 2278, but then the damn otoscope went out before I could lap the 4 (or the Knol 4). Only got a good lap on one of the 88's. See cap rec.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Plge (3 Apr) This Easter day, which had been marked by successes, is now marred by disaster. At 1430 I climb Plge nest to see if they've laid their First egg. It's wet out so I opt not to wear my climbing boots. I get to the nest I start to peep, r I Fall - a nice 4 foot drop r smash into the trunk r a limb. I have a bloody r sore shin, but worst, I dropped by peeping mirror! Bugger. I open the hole - empty! This was my 3rd Fall in 9 years r > 4000 climbs (UAZ, Mill, r now Plge) 4 Apr 1145 Bird at the lower hole! 1500 Climbed (couldn't resist) Empty. 5 Apr Hello - nada 6 Apr Hello - nada 7 Apr 0825-0830: watch - nada, later hello - nada 1050-1100: "" "" "" 11 Apr 1700 Hello - nada 12 Apr 0730 Chases, garvicks, extra birds... ?.. Walt Finds Fresh eggs 23 Apr Caught HF over at CVGR ps (was there yesterday) 26 Apr Bugger all! I make the wet, slippery, dirty climb only to Find that Walt's already done it. 24.8 20 29 Apr 1330 LW=5.5, LL=4.2, - =5.2. Runt egg there (I removed) 30 Apr 1230-1310. Tried trapping. Nada. 1452 The die is cast (whether it was a wise move remains to be seen. At least Jeremy did get a watch
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 3 Pigeon (30 Apr) I set the jay trap by my house or set my watch to keep every 2 minutes. After 45 min, I catch 2056 (at 1452). I rush to the lab, bleed him, then T implant him. So it goes. Be careful what you wish for, you may get it. 2 May 1545 DG = 16.6, R=17, O=16.5 Added 2 babies From BKOK (LP + DB). They are bigger, but if LHAY is typical, it shouldn't be a problem. Interesting... being 1/2 size is deadly only in the First Few days. After that you're only marginally disadvantaged. 15 May 0610 Yea! After yesterday's Fiasco with the trap door getting stuck, I manage to catch just the bird I wanted (actually, the HM would've been nice), HF 2277. I gave her a T implant. 16 May 0630 Set & ready. Quit at 0700. 19 May 1400 Banded & bled the 5 chicks here
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Knol HNHR Well, Knol lost its pine snag sometime this winter. 19 Mar J roast watches: 3 birds into ravine hole 22 Mar Set ambush at ravine hole. The door here is all grown over. I dapped in the door sideways. Alas birds showed up - didn't go in. 23 Mar I left ambusher up (what the hell), but was unable to watch tonight. 24 Mar Roost watch in the rain. No birds. Will remove tomorrow. 26 Mar J reports weirdness (chasing etc) over on the Knol. Both breeders seen so its not a PS. ?? 1 Apr Hello eye hole - nuthin. Katie does roost watch - 3 birds in !! 2 Apr 1730 Set ambush. Katy watches - see 2 birds in! A 3rd warily inspects it, announces it dangerous, tries to convince the 2 inside of it, fails, & leaves. 3 Apr Happy Easter! Celebrate by getting 2 Knol birds or 3 Plge birds in 2 ambushes. Here at Knol, we get BM & HF. BM was a complete bastard - screamed head off, Fought like hell, or wouldn't bleed. The hole here has some moss or crap in the bottom, so I don't think this is a nesthole - to be. The door is dapped in sideways. A good day... 19 Apr Katy shows me the Knol hole behind Walt's garage. Weird. The limb is about 7" in diam, very rotten, or the cavity is uphill From the hole [illegible]. Didn't climb. 30 Apr 0615-0655 Tried trapping. Caught a scrub jay 1215-1245 Tried again. Nothing.
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1994 M. Stanback 2 M. Formicivorus Knol H N H R 1 May Katy Finds nest! In that new hole (that I Found back in March) about 5 Feet under the double ladder hole by creek across From the woodpile Facing the ravine. 3 May 1300 I gave it a try. Strapped to next (live) limb, but couldn't quite reach it. Maybe Walt can. May Walt checks hole - empty! 15 May 1530 I notice a bird Flush From the agave, There's a nice low hole! I so get ladder & peep it - 2 Fresh eggs or a ruint egg! A bit late For a nest watch, but I'll trap birds in the am. 1615 Start nest watch. 162800 land, 162900 enter, 163000 HO, 163030 BD, 163130 HO, 163230 BD, 163400 HO, 3600 BD, 3745 HO, 38 leave, At 1650 Dale - Robbie came out to play by nest. Stop watch 16 May 0540 Set & ready. Nab BM at 0547. Like last time, very difficult to bleed. A g almost went in while I was waiting For 2nd bleed. A jay did go in, I released & - unset trap. (16 May) Jeremy watched hole For 2 hrs this am - nothing! I did a quick spy late in afternoon & saw & at the hole - what gives? 17 May 0910 - 0930 Set trap. Got a jay - no ACW interest, No one in hole. Damn. 18 May 1500 5 normal eggs + 1 ruint. Didn't cut open. Oh well. 21 May 1230 Cut open hole. 5+1 ruint. Didn't measure. q1 28 May 1600 1=pip=29.25×21.4, 2=27.5×21, 3=pip=27.6×20.6, 4=27.1x M N H R. (over →)
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Knol 19.3, 5 = 27.3 x 21.3. Removed runt. (23.9 x 16.6) 29 May 0900 3 chicks, #1 hatching, #4 not yet pipped Wait so #1 was stuck all this time. Because he looked stuck r when I cracked the egg for him, he literally popped out (dry r complete). So assume lay order is 3, 1, (2,5), 4. 1700 Egg #4 pipping. Babies weigh 8.0, 7.5, 6.5, 6.3 g. Egg weights 5 g. I'll guestimate hatch asynchrony
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Knol HWHR (28 May) [Oh what the hell... lets do this right] 19.3, 5 = 27.3 × 21.3. Removed runt (23.9 × 16.6) 29 May 0900 3 chicks, #1 still hatching #4 not yet pipped. So #1 was stuck all this time. When I opened the egg for him, he literally popped out (dry-complete). So can we assume lay order is 3 1 (2,5) 4. (?) 1700 Egg #4 pipping. Babies weigh 8.0, 7.5 6.5 6.3 g. Egg weighs 5 g. I'll 'guestimate' hatch asynchrony as 4, 6.5, 7.0, 8.2, - 9.0. I hate to cut corners like this, but I'm leaving Hastings tomorrow and won't have time to check (I figured the least I could do was not write on the back of a page.) So this is it my last entry in Hastings acorn woodpecker field notes. What can I say to sum up everything that's happened since I arrived on 19 May 1985. Lots of memories some good, some bad. The breathtaking beauty of Corral Viejo in late afternoon.... The birds themselves. It's all coming to a close today. I've banded my last babies. I've done my last ambush. Goodbye Hastings.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 1500 HNHR 26 Mar J. does roost watch. Reports several birds in, but suspects there's a new hole below (just) the traditional hole. I'll check tomorrow. 27 Mar The hole below is a dead-end (+ has acorns in it!). They must've just been landing low. Anyway, I set an ambush (after putting a new string in the tree- yuk-not good placement-but in a hurry). 2 birds in. The 3rd bird very upset- looked like was trying to get the other 2 out. It roasted by self uphill. Surrounded by turkeys (who, incidently, gobble while up in roost trees). Ambush in am... 28 Mar Ambush! Caught 2 HF (so it must've been a wise older bird that tried to dissuade them from going in). However, 2260 was sexed wrong on the Fieldlist-she is a 97. Painted, measured, r released both. 2 Apr J reports these 2 99 at Gazo going in holes r Fighting the Gazo 9! Unaware of this, I send K to 1500 to census (since I suspect a Finch effect) She sees BM r HF, so I'm thinking BF dead since December! 21 Apr Katy reports BF is alive + well (and not a R1 9) So it wasn't a Finch Effect here.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 1800 BNHR 7 Mar On a whim Walt suggests we set 2 ambushes at 1800 (at the 93a nesthole or the uphill hole) We do, Jr W watch r 6 go into nesthole (7th not let in)! 8 Mar Ambush! Caught all 6! (though not without difficulty - Murphy's law etc) Finally bled (249, 435). Released 99, took 83 to lab For laps (1B, 3H). Laps went rather well. Hope they live. See cap recs. 9 Mar afternoon. I have J. census here. He sees 3 of the 4 lapped males. Great! The 3 behaved normally. 20 May 0700 Ambush set at nest (93a hole). Unfortunately, setting an ambush here is quite a production. I'd like to do a T implant here (lots HM), but after 2 hrs & no visits, I guess I'll be lucky just to get the NOBA 8. At 0905 the BM Finally visits, but is too spooked to enter. D.to at 0910. 4 in at 0930. Soon BM - BF in r out like clockwork. By 1030 still no helpers have Fed (much less the NOBA) I leave the ambusher set (it's held by a rubber band) r leave. Hopefully I can convince Walt to do some time. As I was about to leave, a helper landed r spooked, Followed by another (who spooked). I stay til 1100. 1420 Start again. At 1615 he Finally goes in. Pull! The Fucking ball gets stuck. I tug r tug. Woodpeckers Freak. I Finally get it unstuck as I start climbing. I get up take out ambusher r out he Flies! He had never Flushed. Fucking A. Never have I tried so hard a failed so utterly.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Hay-Blom HNHR 28 Mar Roost watch. Very quiet. Finally heard birds down around the 93 nest hole. 7 Apr 0840-0850 Spied on uphill tree - nothin
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LHay H N H R 27 Mar J. roast watches here r reports lots of birds into central part of tree. 28 Mar I arrive to set ambush, bird Flashes From hole I check, 4 eggs !! Breeding season has begun.(couldn't reach eggs) N.B. so lots birds roasting on the eggs here. 12 Apr 1300 Oops. I never got Final clutch size: Walt never got Final clutch size. Climb (with contortions was able to reach chicks - so I'd brought Jenny up For nothing). Anyway, 4 chicks, 1 inf egg. LG = 19.5, DB = 18.2, LP = 15.9, r = 7. Removed runt r put in Ravi 1400 Ended up taking 3 of the 4 r put 'em in aviary. Put the 2 Ravi kids in LHay. 13 Apr 1330 The LHay kid in LHay is Fine (27g). I gave him some mealworms, then set r tied off ambush. J did nest watch (Cam) reports all birds Feeding. 15 Apr 0720 Set r ready. After @ 20 min I nab HM 2245 (the First to arrive). Bleed r T implant (I decide [green] against lapping). At 0845 I nab HM 2246 along w BF 2003. He gets bled r empty implants, she gets bled. The little chick doing Fine. 2245 = grn, 2247 = pink, 2003 = black stripes 1600 Put 2 big kids From Avi (LHay Kids) back in here left runt in aviary. [He died 16 Apr - eaten by adults) 26 Apr 1400 Banded 4 chicks (only 1 Ravi kid LB). I smelled rot but cbody not in. 3 LHay kids Fine. Tied off ambusher. 28 Apr 0800 Set r ready. After several visits by BM r pink &,
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 2 LHay. (29 Apr) I nab BF 2116 for a bleed. Paint Forehead blue - other birds not happy upon release. After a bit it calms down r I nab pink 8 2247 for another bleed, but more importantly, a lap (4 Fov). See cap recs. Joey brings down a juv that he found in the nest hole. He bled.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Blm One HNHR 5 Mar 1430 Flushed a bird From granary, another was in the 93 hole! (high in gran) 11 Mar J does roost watch. Unfortunately he moves to get a better look and scares the birds away From gran tree. 23 May J roost watches. Sees/hears nothing.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Blm 2 HNHR 5 Mar 1445 2 birds seen here (1 is 4) 29 Mar Bugger all! A lack of communication between Walt & Jeremy results in Walt setting the ambusher at the high hole & the³ birds (me roost watching) go into a low hole in the same limb. So no ambush tomorrow. Bugger all. roosted here 30 Mar Walt resets ambush, Jeremy watches, 3 in! 31 Mar Ambush! Colder than all hell! Anyway, caught 3 birds. All unbanded, but not any more! 4 Apr Hello holes - saw nothing.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Blm 3 HNHR 4 Apr Hello holes - nothin 19 Apr 1800 hello - nothin 19 May 0930 Tied off ambusher. 5 Et r sassies ! 22 May 1800 Set blind. 23 May 0730 Set o ready. I nabbed the HF First, then later got the AM, whom I bled (twice) - lapped. By this time it was late so I took down ambusher.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Gazo HNHR 2 Apr J. reports ≥ 1500 daughters (HF - the one's we caught) at Gazo going in & out of holes + Fighting with the Gazo 99 (!). 99 painted. 4 Apr 0830-0910 Power struggle. Saw all 3 1500 HF. They're hanging out in the Westernmost of the big Gazo trees, along with Gazo BM 1808. The Gazo HM 2311 is in the eastern tree (main granary) with at least 1 NOBA 9. The 1500 99 are very interested in the typical! Gazo nest hole. They seem to have divided the granary trees down the middle - no chasing unless crosses the line. Very weird. Katy offers the hypothesis that lack of a single central granary could lead to this sort of confusion - which is exactly what happened last year - the Simple Hypothesis. Walt goes back this afternoon + verifies BM w 1500 99, HM w 2 NOBA 99, + no sign of Gazo 99. K+J Then roost watch. 3 birds into "nest" hole, 3 birds into the upper of the 2 low holes down in the low tree. Alas, I must forego the ArtT ambush to get these guys. If only Walt were here. 5 Apr Ambush! I pole the low hole + catch Gazo BF along with the 2 HM. Bleed, take J8 back for lap (only saw anything one - boo hoo). Returned J8 later, whereupon the joined the Fray. [P.S. Birds woke at 0515]
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus GAZO H/NHR (5 Apr) Bugger. Came over to set ambush, set it, came down, a rope string made it fall (don't ask). I reclimbed, reset it on the other side (in Force 10 winds), came down. Set by 1820. 2 visits, no entries. Afterwards I mosey over to where we pole ambushed this am or see a bird inside. Manana 6 Apr Ambush! (at the low hole). Only 1 bird inside, but got a 15 min bleed, an hour bleed, a lap (2.5 Fou), r blue paint on him (BM 1808). I learned a trick; if its a bad lap (membrane covering testis), get the tiny Forceps + tear the membrane. I've tried this before, but if it works, it's great - so it's worth doing. Gee, only 2.5 For a dad BM - kinda makes me wonder if some of those other bad laps on BM might have been small. Released 6 at 0645. Flew Fine. 0845-1030 Set up net, put 9 in cage on stump. Noba 9 made lots of passes, but wouldn't get caught. Power-struggle tape didn't work. Removed ambusher.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CV&R HNHR 13 Mar 1040 Checked 93 hole. A starling + 2 bluebirds hanging out in tree, Hmm 23 Mar Roost watch: no one into Fence hole the snag hole across From Fence hole. Kevin reported 2 birds looked in hole (which?) in traditional (corner) tree, then left. I watched '93 nest tree, only to see 2 starlings go in (1 then went to CVI). Damn. 28 Mar 0520 Pole ambush. One starling + a nest start. 0550-0610 Watched granary. One bird made about 6 trips to the high knot hole & removed stuff (I assume it was Fecal) Uh oh! No real noticeable Following behavioral (though I can't say there was no Following - there was some). A Few trips to the live oaks to N. 1 Apr 1100 Hello traditional tree - nuthin. 2 Apr Roost watch (From truck). Bird at/in trad hole, several others w/in 2m. Several birds visit hole (this is long before dark .. like at 1810). They eventually make their way to the granary tree, where 1 bird goes into the knothole & sits awhile w head out. These guys are mate-guarding. As it got closer to roosting time they made 2 group sorties toward 93 hole, 1 to trad hole, 1 up toward Fence hole, back to trad hole, x Finally (I think) up towards Fence hole. Usually went to granary between sorties. Maybe I can net them in the granary w a dawn power struggle tape.
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1994 Mark Stanback M. Formicivorus CVGR. HULTR 3 Apr 1200 Damn I'm good. A single Fresh egg in traditional hde. I even brought a blind (now set). Unfortunately, I couldn't reach the egg, but no matter. Talked to Walt - looks like we'll do a ♂ removal experiment here. Afternoon nest watch. J. reports that one of the BM tossed the egg - r that it was a runt (I remember thinking, it was small-looking, but I figured it was just a deep hole. So a single ♀ with a runt... - a ♂ tossing! 4 Apr J. reports that the same ♂ (2172) again tossed - but this time it was a normal egg. Only her 1616 visited the hole yesterday & today (besides the ♀). J says 1616 was with the ♀ abot. So here's my adaptive scenario. ♂'s in single ♀ groups lay runt eggs to let ♂♂ know things are starting. This way subordinate ♂♂ know to start trying harder. ♀ benefits because this way subordinate BM will be more likely to help more. So... I'll bet single ♀ runt eggs are found only in groups with multiple ♂♂. Also that ♂ egg tossing is only in groups w multi: ♂♂. Remember SHIL > ♂♂ ? 5 Apr 0615 Return From Gazo to find Ginger or Pete camped directly below the nest doing a magpie watch. They move over towards the gate - I sure the hell hope they lay anyway. We can't lose this nest.... 16 Apr Roast watch (me, J, K, Joey). Lots birds into 94 nest hole. No one in 93 nest, fence hole, or W of fence snag.
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1994 M. Stanback M. formicivorus CVGR HNHR 17 Apr Set ambush at 94 nest r watch. Lots birds in (very late like 1910). Keep fingers crossed. 18 Apr Ambush! 5 birds (BF, HM, 3 BM) After debate, we keep the non-tossing young BM For removal exp. HM back to lab For lap (crappy lap - couldn't see much of anything). See cap recs. Well bloody Fucking hell! There's a bleeding power struggle going on here r no one could be bothered to tell me til mid-afternoon! Joey + I arrive @ 1430 r set net. Things are still hopping r we slowly start catching birds (2081 the HF From MPHF that was ambushed the other day, the BM here, r, eventually, 3 NOBA 99's. What's going on here is beyond me. The BF is semi- tolerating semi-fighting these birds. The only real chases are when a bird flies in From the periphery. See Joey's notes for who showed up this morning. We finally quit at 1800. ) Finish blood work at 2130 19 Apr Ginger tells me that the dozen pieces of dog Food accidentally left on the platform has ruined all her data (as it brought in several unbounded pies). Maybe so. Sorry. 0630 Nets set r ready. We had a NOBA 9, the pink BF, BB 1616. Still plenty 'o' action. The MPHF #2081 has settled in, apparently an uneasy truce w pink 9 (just like last year - these 2 go way back) By 0900 things are settling down a bit - rather, it's just the "core grp"
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVER (19 Apr) doing chases & waking. Most peripheral birds are just Fly-by's. And we've caught pink & twice now today. 1010 Quit. 5 (+ often 6) birds Fussing here. 20 Apr The removed 3 died in captivity (after losing 15 g) Nets set r p.s. tape playing by 0745. Yes, the other 9 here is 2336, 2081's sister! 0822 Caught 2081, little blood taken. All's quiet! Took 2081 back to lab to give pink a breather. 1600 Damn. I go to release 2081 and she's close to death. I Feed r water her r put her in the trad. Hole at MPH F. And CVER is crazy again, despite 2081's removal. Damn. 21 Apr Set r ready by 0730. Caught Z NOBA 99; (1 of which was with the previously caught NOBA 99). Also caught Z prev. caught NOBA's. Held all 4 (though will release them soon). Pink is still battling intruders though (mostly Fly-bys) 1030 Quiet, quits. Released 4 birds 23 Apr Set r ready by 0815. Caught MurF HF before we even tied the net off. Later caught Plge HF. It started raining, so we quit at 0930 - brought the Plge 9 back to Plge. (Also caught pink 9) Didn't get a chance to take down ambusher Watt set. * Dead BM (2038) testis R (6.3 x 5.1), L (8.2 x 5.8) 24 Apr Too rainy to net this am 25 Apr " " " " . Returned @ 0945, set net, caught MurF HF 2151. Very quiet (+ rainy) after that. Quit 1115
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1994 M. Stanback 5 M. Formicivorus CV&R HNHR 27 Apr All quiet (Finally) 28 Apr Not so Fast. Katy reports chasing, so Mary + I go over at 1430 r net For an hour. A couple fly-bys. 29 Apr 0630 Yikes! It's hoppin here. Back to Hastings for help 0740 set r ready. Nabbed a banded 4, then BM green (the tosser), then a NOBA 4. Much quieter now, though a 4 w Mauve Fore- head + blue cheeks is doing the Friendly thing. Yellow-blue (Face + rump) is also doing friendly. We kept BM green. Quit at 0920. 30 Apr 0730 Some activity, set nets, no catchy birdies. 2 44 are still making Friendly. Occasional Flybys (+ cooper's hawk). Very slow. Quit 0840. 6 May Well, the nest in the hole up From the trough seems to have Failed. Call me paranoid, but I still consider it prudent not to climb a egg-laying hole until 0900 and not to cut open a hole until you have to. Hey, I've learned the hard way. 19 May 0900 Well damn if there weven't 2 chases here 23 May 0730 Still chasing! 4 M KWTJ/KB-K sitting in granary She had black chin stripes. Eventually chased out by pink 4 (though she took her time)
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MurF H N H R 4 Mar 1430-1440 Saw 9 B= 1826 ?, Also 9 2339 13 Mar J. roast watch. Reports that 4-5 birds went to the lone N tree (fill 92 tree)(G the 2nd hole I ever cut open tree) though I assume they went to the 92 hole on the underside of the horiz branch. Maybe ambush tomorrow nite. 15 Mar Set ambush in horiz hole. Starling went into the '85 hole. ACW into horiz hole @ 1820. Around 1830 2 others went in. Shortly thereafter 3 birds arrived. One looked in, then returned to other 2. (Bj All 3 sat awhile then disappeared (away? into a hole on the other limb on the ambush side of the tree?) 1835 a bird went in, afterwhich I thought I heard some activity elsewhere in the tree. Hmm. So 4 in, and ≥ 6 in the group. 16 Mar Ambush! Yesterday I checked the door - it was nice or loose, but this am I discover that the bark was loose - the wood was wedged tight! Damn, so it was awhile b4 I could bleed anyone. Caught BM (popeye!) and NOBA HM ! Hoory! Also 2 99 (both HF). 88 to lab For lap. 0830 Released 88. HM Flew Fine, BM Flew very poorly. 29 Mar 0640-0700 Spy From CVZ. Lots of Flying about, but didn't really look like mate-guarding. No visits to holes (except maybe the high hole past the bee hive in the traditional tree). 1 Apr 1115 Helloid all holes - nuthin. Very Few acorns
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1994 M. Stankback M. Formicivorus MuoF HNHR 4 Apr 1005-1020 Spy From CV2. Saw several visits to near the high Western hole. 19 Apr 1715 Hello holes - nothing, even the high "suspect" hole Joey reports a bird in the high hole later! 20 Apr 0915 Climb r peep (too deep to Feel(eggs). 4 eggs Hard to tell, but I'd say Freshish. 23 Apr Caught HF at cVER ps (she was here yesterday) 26 Apr Joey steals eggs (but drops 1 of the 5) Oops. 30 Apr am Put up platform r jay trap r Food 1700 Food gone, put out more. Measure eggs (not lay order) #1 = 26 x 19.1, 2 = 26.1 x 19.5, 3: 26.7 x 19.75, 4 = 27 x 19.7 1 May 0630 Egg #2 hatched 4 May Roost watch. I don't see much From where I am, but sounds like they're in the nest tree. Joey r 1 Flash holes afterward - see a bird in the 93 hole. Ambush tomorrow. 15 May Time to catch up on things. We Finally Found where they were roosting, but by then they were laying (2 eggs). Dumb me didn't get an egg laying watch (thinking they would lay only 4). They laid 6. Joey took 'em, another ambush Failed (make that 2). Today Joey r I spent 1.5 hrs here trying to net them with a Ravi? decoy. Nope 17 May Finally, a successful ambush! They caught the BM 1954 and also the HM 2341 with the tumorous Foot. Really gross, really huge. It wasn't the leg
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 3 MurF (17 May) so much as the Foot itself. 3 of the toes emerged out of the mass, one toe had a tumor of it's own (r was split down the middle). We removed all the bands x cut off the entire tumor (which was more of a shell around a skinless Foot). We put on neosporin and gave him a makeshift bandage. I lapped him as well. He flew off OK. I left the bandage on. Good luck birdie (see picture below) 19 May 1100 Eggs 2-4 hatched, 5 pipping, 6 looking good, egg 1 looking rotten 20 May 1700 Egg 6 still not pipped. Watt opens - baby is alive but still has a yolk sac. [illegible] 25 May Unfortunately, ♂ 1954 died 2 days after being captured. Today I measured testis = 8 mm x 5 mm.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVI HNHR 12 Mar Arrive For roost watch. Again, there's a bird up at those crappy looking holes 10 Ft up From the nest Facing granary. I set ambush at trad hole. A starling went in. As I wait I notice a new looking hole Facing Hastings up at that "crappy" section. I decide not to ambush the starling, since a bird did roast in the tree (not in that upper hole though - I watched) 13 Mar 1100 Took down ambusher 23 Mar Roost watch - saw nothing. 29 Mar 0620 Hello sycamore - nothing 1 Apr 1200 " " 4 Apr Hello holes - nothin 12 Apr Walt Finds nest in old hole in granary. Limb towards road, hole Faces trunk. 13 Apr Roost watch in hopes of being able to catch HM For prolactin implants. No action at sycamore (except starling) 22 Apr 1600 Check nest. 2 hatched, didn't weigh. 27 Apr 1400 Not good. No one in hole (though I was scolded) on arrival. W = 14.6, Y = 17 - dead = 18.1 g. The 2 live ones were lethargic (though not really cold) + had skinny tarsi + pale skin. I hope they make it. Took dead For tissue 28 Apr Katy watches here this morning - reports some brooding no Feeding, and generally weird behavior. Egg #5 (?) death 1530 I check hole - Find 1 warm wiggly baby + one dead baby (yellow, the big one). Removed dead For tissue. 29 Apr 0930 Baby cold, barely alive (but Full stomach). Take to CV2.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVI HNHR 1 May 1200 Walking by the windmill, I hear tap-tap-tap like an ACW in a cavity. And there it is, an acw in a cavity. I don't know if this really is a CVI bird, but it's my best guess. 4 May Roost watch at Murt. Sounds like CVI roosting in nest hole. 19 May 0910 Hell'd 94a hole, mystery windmill hole - nothing. 20 May Walt gets bird in the windmill hole. So why didn't I ambush after they failed? Because at heart I worry about messing up nests. Dumb, dumb....
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CV2 HNHR 14 Mar J roost watches - 2 birds into ravine nest hole 16 Mar Set ambush. Bugger all - only 1 bird in (a ♂ I think) Another bird sat in tree or yelled or left. I think I heard a 3rd bird. I do believe those 3 HM are gone. I suppose I'll ambush tomorrow. 17 Mar Ambush! (HSTPD, HBDE). To my chagrin, the door was not removable (yesterday it wobbled but that was before it started sliding) Anyway, I ♂, but its a HM (whose bands are wrong on the Fieldlist). Did an initial - 1 hr bleed. Left a gall near hole. Lap. 29 Mar 0630 Hello holy tree or ravine hole - nothin. 1 Apr 1130 " " " 4 Apr Hello holes - nothin 12 Apr Walt Finds nest - 2 eggs. I set blind. New hole - over- hangs the road in the holy tree. 13 Apr Thanks alot Walt - I ask you not to cut the hole until! After the watch - you do it right beforehand! Anyway, Katy sees 2 ♂ Helpers incubating! 14 Apr 0830 Walt climbs - Finds just 3 eggs. Did you think that perhaps this isn't the best time to mark eggs? Roost watch: Katy watches ravine hole - no one shows. She hears birds at nest tree. 15 Apr Katy roost watches From blind - sees 3 birds into high hole 27 Apr 1440 LW=9.9, RW=8.9, LL=8.8, RL=7.5. Look Fine. 29 Apr 1000 I bring the cold CVI chick over For Fostering DB/0 LW=DG=15.1, RW=LP=12.8, LL=LG=12.7, RL=10.7. Katy will do a watch here this afternoon (5 chicks).
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1994 M. Stanback 2 M. Formicivorus CVZ HNHR 30 Apr 1630 set (tied) ambusher. Fingers crossed. 1 May 0710 set + ready. I unwisely decided to let them Feed once before catching them (since they were spooked by the ambusher -). Caught 2230 + 2107 in together, then 2232, then 2231. T into 2230, 2231. Control into 2232. Finally done at 1145. See cap recs for paint. May P LG DG Oops! The Foster + a CVZ kid have lost their bands. Damn. So we don't know which is.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus OKCO 29 Mar 0710-0720 Spied on uphill holes - nothing. Hello'd 93 a hole - nothing 1 Apr 1150 Hello all holes (syc, snake hole, uphill holes). Nothing. While walking toward D KHW J i's 92333 4 Apr Hello holes - nothin. 12 Apr 1800 Hello holes - nothin. 13 Apr Walt + Joey with here - looks to be Finch effect. Joey, Katy, + Jeremy roost watch. Only holes watched were string holes (nobody). Sounds to me like someone roasted in 93a hole. 14 Apr J. reports 4 birds roosting low in the downhill gravy tree. I'll look for a hole tomorrow. 15 Apr 1400 Downhill tree? I guess it's the bee tree. There is a hole on the underside of the big limb stretching downhill-ish (the old traditional hole limb). Anyway, the hole doesn't look that great, so I want another roost watch before I brave the bees + the dead limb. 16 Apr J Finds hole, watches - 4 birds go in. 19 Apr Finally I'm Free to come cut this open or ambush - but I say "Fuck it" 29 Apr Caught "H" F 2333 at CVGR power struggle. 2) May Roost watch. Still going in the high uncut, dead bee tree hole. 28 May Katy sees a BM here! So no Finch effect!
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Dark Hollow HNHR 4 Mar 1515 2 birds here! Flew off towards Kirt/Blm 3 1 Apr 1200 Saw no ACWs here
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHE HVR 10 Mar J does roost watch r sees nothing. 17 Mar 1030 J reports birds roosting uphill last night. We come r explore r Find a hole with a missing door up near the top of the hill (W of UPHF tree) There's another new (small?) hole just above it. There's also a new hole above the traditional UPHF hole (so now 4 in that tree). UPHF granary ½ full 25 Mar Hell'd holes on way to roost watch: nada. Watched the UPHF tree - lots of birds into the E Facing (hi) hole. 26 Mar Bugger all! Bloody hell! Fucking A!' I get there r Find out the door is completely grown over - and the hammer I have is so worthless the head comes loose when you use it as a hatchet. So I tear the hell out at the door (the lower - they're 2) r Finally get it open, set the ambush, get down r set... by 18:30 (too damn late). The birds are still up, but I'd been in this tree for an hour and they want nothing to do with it. Cue comes r looks in but looks at the lower door r leaves. Bugger. 27 Mar Coming over to remove ambush. Bird at trad MPHE hole. 29 Mar 0745-0800 Spied From Road. No visits to trad hole. A Few Flights uphill. Lots of starlings about. 31 Mar J roost watches r reports no activity uphill. 3 Apr 1140-1145 Spied From road. Nothin. 4 Apr 1100 Hello - nada 12 Apr 0655-0715 Spy. Some chases, no visits to holes.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHF HNNR 13 Apr 0635-0705. Spy. More chases - rather vigorous. Mostly down in the dead snag at the bottom of MPHF (the old LPHF granary), but I don't think its LPHF birds - they're sitting tight at the road. Perhaps its UPHF birds. I saw several birds retreating up to the top of the hill over toward the UPHF snags in the E ravine. What's going on? Finch effect? During a quiet time I saw a subtle mount in the trad tree. I watched the mountee for 5-10 min. Just sat around. J does census. B.M still gone. A Finch effect! Ambush! 14 Apr Roost watch. Still lots of chasing. Birds roosted in the 93 hole (a few) and in the double-door hole in the pain-in-ass tree (more than a few). Hmm 15 Apr 1430 I arrive to set blind for ambush 2-nite & find a bird in the trad hole! Back to truck for stuff (hole grown over). Return, open ... no eggs. Chips, but how old? I set blind. (15 Apr) I set ambushes at the higher of the 2 double door holes in the other tree - one at the trad hole. Very quiet 2-nite. ≥ 2 birds into double door, none (I think) into trad hole. We'll find out tomorrow. 16 Apr Ambush! Ugh. Ends up the hole is 4 Ft deep (+ I forgot the net bag). Managed to get 2 birds by hand (♂-♀), but the last one took forever (Joey went back & got the net bag - which caught the 3rd bird) I suppose there could've been more, but forget it.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHE HNHR (16 Apr) I checked the trad hole ambush (empty). The hole under it is a dead end. Bled the 3 birds. Released 4 2081 (who, again, [illegible] wasn't on the Field list) Took 83 back for laps (one successful, one not-see cap recs). Removed old implants From 2nd ♂ (he has pink paint). Might these birds be roosting at the trad LPHF hole? Oh yes, I plugged the 4th hole with a gall. Also its bottom opens out at a knot hole (which is big enough for a bird to come out but not big enough for my hand. I tried widening it but no luck, so I ended up sealing it up too. Now, as I write this, I realize that there could be a 4th bird still in there - sealed in! Bugger! My count last night was 3 but hey. Hmm, I'm sure it could peck through a gall - or at least loosen it. Well I'd better go back.... 19 Apr Finally get by... the gall is out. 20 Apr Catch 2081 at CVGR. She (and her sister) are trying to take over there. I take 2081 back to the lab or CVGR immediately calms down. But when I go to release her at 1600 she's near death. I feed r water her, then put her in the trad. hole. 21 Apr 1100 Damn, she's dead in the hole. I take her back - make a spirit specimen of her. Damn. 1 May Jenny sees an ACW by the road here (alive) on the ground twice this am, but couldn't be bothered to stop
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus MPHF HNHR 15 May Roest watch down at MPHF proper, Nothin' doin'. I heard birds at the traditional UPHF tree. I Flashed the holes there or got a bird in the traditional hole in the uphill branch. 16 May Set ambush at trad UPHF hole. 3 birds into it and 3 move into the new hole just above it. 17 May Ambush! Got 3 JB out of the ambush hole. The others flushed. One of the 3 JB was 2076, who's not on the Field list. I bled or lapped all 3. When released, J 2076 Flew to 2PHF! Oh yes, I put a Red band on J 2335 instead of the orange that was there (left body)
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1994 M. Stanback M. formicivorus WGate 5 Mar 1550 Jeremy shows me where 4 birds roosted last night. and a bird was in it! A new high hole in center of tree. 7 Mar 1200 whoa! Finally got a string up, climbed, r cut open Jeremy's hole. Looks good. Set a gall, 9 Mar 5 finds bird in hole on arrival for roost watch. 2 more go in... = 3 (?) total. 10 Mar Set ambush (ug). Birds upset but 3 Finally go in. 11 Mar Ambush! Caught all 3 breeders (no laps). It's both my && and Jeremy's impression that there are only 5 or 6 birds here (roosting at least). Looking at the Field list, only 5 birds were seen in Jan. 25 Mar 1730 Hello holes - nada (but bird near 93 a hole) 27 Mar 1100 " 1 Apr 1020 " 3 Apr 1135 Bird at high new hole (where we ambushed) 4 Apr 1105 Hello - nuthin, but there was a chase here 5 Apr Hello - nuthin 13 Apr 0630 Hello - nuthin 30 Apr 1000 Parked below tree r watched. There's a bird working on a new hole at the base of the nut about 1/3 way up the tall straight dead limb where they used to roost. 3 May Alas, he is dead. 1582, the B.M., was found dead on the road - a car casualty. He leaves a large Family - though we need a census to find out how large. Thanks to Jennifer for picking him up. He weighed 89 g. Get testis size: [illegible] .9 x .6 mm
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Gate HNHR 17Apr I've been helloing the Gate tree For several weeks. Today I checked out the 93 hole - hello? nela 19Apr 1600 Bird in the 93 Pipe hole in the valley oak by CV road! Is this Gate? 2 May 1400 Hello hole - nothing. 25May See Walt's notes For unfortunate incident. A Ravi chick (the biggest one) will be "replacing" the largest Gate chick. However, the Ravi chick will be the smallest, so the Gate B will be acting as α. I bled & banded the Ravi chick (#2461). 26 May 1400 Banded/bled the 3 and put in the Ravi chick.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus WOLF HNHR 19 Apr Well, Walt did say he Found acorus here, so maybe we shouldn't be surprised by the nest! In the 93 hole, I've been halloing irregularly, but today was the first time with a bird in it. 6 eggs. 1 runt r 5 normal, but 3 normal were large r Fresh looking, 2 were small r opaque. What gives !? 1815 Set blind For a watch tomorrow. 27 Apr 0700 RL=11g, LL=10g, runt egg + 3 dead eggs. Took runt. At pm watch, J. reports the 2nd 9 2 May 1400 Saw a bird at Pipeline! 11 May Set gall 12 May 1400 Set r tied ambushers. Babies (2) big! 14 May 0650 Set r ready. Kinda dead. Finally, #2106 goes in at 0757. Nab! Bled, etc. Banded the babies too, but someone took my banding stuff - all I had were narrows r a blue. So be it. See cap recs. (2 kids) 21 May 1300 Reband ed + measured chicks.
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M. Stanback 1994 M Formicivorus Road One HNHR 1 Mar Well, it Finally happened... the sycamore granary Fell. still Full of acorns so it must've been recent. 1600 Returned w Walt + retrieved the pieces (except For the biggest one - which we leaned againts the trunk. We'll probably put the pieces at Pipe. 2 Mar Roost watch. Arrived (late) at 1800 to Find the birds in several of the 93 holes. They Flushed. We left. 4 Mar I don't want to talk about it.... They've now drilled 6 holes. I plugged the top (looked ricket) + bottom + set 2 ambushers in the 2nd - 3rd highest hole. Well... they wanted in the top, pulled out the leaf + went in ... 6 of them, one in the next hole down. Great! But then an intruder (?) came + tried to get in a lower hole. A bird burst out of the high hole + started chasing (like squirrels around the trunk) Of course they hit a string, the ambusher fell, he yelled, and all 6 birds Flushed + yelled. Arrrrrgh. Finally 3 came back + went in the high hole. (Oh yes, there were Fresh chips in the 2 ambushers holes) 5 Mar 0530 I pole it + don't hit it perfect. All 3 birds escape. I hate this job. 8 Mar Roost watch. Were in hole at 1755. I watched + they played musical holes til bed time. Ended up with birds in the top 3 holes (esp top ?) 9 Mar Set ambush at high hole. It was kinda crazy, but I think 6 (?) Birds ended up inside. 2 (?) into next, 2 in next. hole
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Road 1 HNHR 10 Mar Ambush! Pull string on top hole, a bird Flushes From a lower hole. I Tie off, go get pole, return do a sloppy job of poling the 2nd hole, go get ladder, return, stuff a glove in the 3rd hole, then another glove into 2nd hole. I pull 7 (!) birds out of top hole, bleed them, return + pull 2 each out of the lower holes! (stupid birds had plenty o' time to leave - didn't! My lucky day!) So 11 birds - a record I'm sure. See notes For who came out of which hole (ie who slept together). According to the Field list, there are 11 birds here. My guess is that the bird that "escaped" was the "intruder" that I've seen everytime I've watched here (including last night - in fact he went into the 2nd hole last night) who might it be? Oh yes, 9 2199 (a very light bird) was released or within a minute was being pursued over our heads by a Cooper's hawk (?). A very impressive show. Alas, the hawk caught her (our yelling + waving didn't help much) + crashed into Finch creek, we ran over + the hawk left, + the 9 was Flopping around in the water. J. rescued her (sacrificing dry Feet). We put her back in a bag, put her inside his coat, + took her to the lab + put her in the drying oven. Also took 1 BM or 3 HM back For laps. Blood smears e tc. See cap recs.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus R1 HNHR 28 Mar 1400 Hello'd snag - nothing. 29 Mar 0810-0825 Spied on snag From road (nice spot - about 15m N of syc granary - park due W of the Fallen syc stump on the E side of road) No visits to snag. You makes your bed r you sleeps in it. 1 Apr Hello'd holes - nothing (in snag) 4 Apr 1105-1115 Spied on snag - saw nothing (birds heard in tall skinny snag) 5 Apr 1000-1010 Spiot - nothing. Then hell'd non-snag holes. 13 Apr 0717-0727 Spied on snag - nothing In case it hasn't yet been noted officially, they have lots of stores in the big skinny snaggy twin trees by the creek (~1000) 0730-0740 Spied on twin snags - no one showed. 0740-0810 Watched uphill granary. Birds Flycatching. Most came & left uphill, but some flights toward creek. Was going to check, but had to rescue stranded motorist. 18 Apr Katy Finds nest... in snag. 19 Apr 1600 3 Fresh eggs in 3rd hole From top. Marked & measured the 3 (see Walt's notes) 27 Apr 1730 Egg 4 = 24.6 x 19.3, eg 5 = 24.85 x 19.1. Bugger all - don't know which is omega. LED = 21 Apr (chat start 501) 2 May Didn't make it over yesterday. 1445: B=5.5, RW=8.3, RL=8, LL=7.5, LW=6.7. Oh well, no last egg data (looked at shells) 8 May 1030 R=LL, LB=RW, Y=RL, DG=LW, O=- 9 May 0815 set and ready. A late start because my implants.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus R.L. (9 May) disappeared. I Finally Found them in the ultra cold in the bottom of vials filled with starling livers. Don't ask. Anyway, I caught HM 2287 pretty quickly r gave him T. I waited r waited but never did see another HM. I Finally said what the hell r nabbed 2 HF together (2286 T, 2097 C) I never did see the other BM (1575). 10 May 0800 set r ready. Late start since I had to go up the Arnold this am. Joey roost watched the latter night r saw 1573 sleep w kids; FA's report only 1573. HM 2199 Finally showed (r went in very hesitantly). Nab. Control. HF 2285 nabbed at 1030. T implants. Call it quits; remove blind, ambusher, ladder... r hope they aren't too Freaked. Very slow Feeding today. No painted birds showed. 25 May 1000 Banded the 5 Fat r sassies.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Road 3 - MacFlat H/NHR 2 Mar Roost watch. Jeremy watched R3 gran r saw 2 (illegible) birds go into the lower creek Facing hole. I watched at McFl r got 4 (?) birds into a new hole near the creek in a skinny snag SSW of the McFl tree. They roosted @ 1820 (see R1 For comparison). 5 Mar Cut open hole + set ambush at R3-McFl. Birds wanted in, but bark had fallen, etc, so the difference Freaked them. No one in. Will remove ambush in am. 8 Mar J roost watched. 4 birds into creek Facing gran hole. 2 (?) birds went toward new hole. 9 Mar Plugged up new snag hole w Rameling by setting R1 ambush 11 Mar Roost watch. 3 birds in, then a 4th in, then a 5th sits outside being upset (the original 4 were very hesitant). 5th Flies away, followed by a bird from the hole. Later a 4th goes in. All quiet. (On the way here I checked to see that snag hole was stuffed w lichen - it was. 12 Mar Ambush! 4 birds (BM, HM, 2 HF). Being paranoid, I bleed + release BM w/o lapping (only after performing a perfect lap on the HM do I regret this decision) Oh well, I'll compare their T+ LH levels. The HF were sexed For the First time! On my way back, I find the lichen gone From the snag hole. (?!) 1 Apr Hello holes (gran + new McFl); see nothing 5 Apr 1015 " " 19 Apr Katy does incub watch (in MacFlat tree). No show.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus R3 HNHR 2 May 1930 R=13.8, K=17.6, O=14.0, -=11.8. Added in LB From BKOK 18 May 1200 Happy Birthday to me♪ And to continue a birthday tradition, I band babies. 5 here.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus SHIL HNHR 7 Mar Roost watch. Came down to granary trees briefly, then back up hill yelling. Eventually 1-2 roosted in the old "trad" tree to E of enclosure near bottom. No one into 93 b nest. 12 Mar Walt roost watches here, reporting birds in 3 holes (SHC, trad tree, and the tree in the woods where nested fall 92). Being greedy, I decide to wait for a windfall. 14 Apr 0900 I weigh + "band" the 5 babies Walt Found yesterday. K = 18.4, LG = 17.8, DB = 14, Mv = 11.8, - = 12.3. I tied off (but didn't thread) an ambusher near the hole. Set a blincl. 17 Apr Nest ambush. Set r ready by 0730. No nest visits (but a bird in hole on arrival). I hear occasional/ garricks. So Walt, what did you mean when you said I have shitty Field notes. I beg to differ. Very slowly birds start to show. I nab 2137 - 1426 at 0920. I give them both T. Later 2208 shows (while a 9 is in!) but his bands are wrong on the Fieldlist! Damn! So I don't know to nab him! And he doesn't come back! Things very slow. Finally at 1215 2209 Feeds. Nab! Control implant. Head home to spin blood. Finally done in lab at 1530. Lunch! Oh yeah... the bastard 2209 grabs a baby r cuts it all up.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus AFT 7 Mar 1400 Set J. up for census. Lots acorns stored! 2 Apr 0915 Hello'd holes - nothin 3 Apr Roost watch - 3 birds into upper hole. 4 Apr Set ambush at upper hole - 2 birds go in. Alas, I later find out 3 birds into a pole hole at Gazo, so I shan't be pulling the string here tomorrow. It only Walt were around.... 5 Apr 0930 Tied off ambusher (but left in place). No eggs. Ants. 6 Apr Roost watch. Untie + set ambusher. 1-3 birds in (late) 7 Apr Ambush! 2 birds (2073 = BM even though says HM on Field list) + 2320 HF. Unfortunately, the BF hasn't been seen in a long time, but then no one's really censused. I did see 3 birds roost here last week, + today when I released the HF she was greeted by another bird - so I'm content to assume this is a viable group (BM, BF, HF). Took BM to lab for lap (getting braver) went off without a hitch. Released at 0715. Big testes (5 Fev). Painted 9 pink, 3 blue. 18 Apr Hello holes - nothin 2 May 1300 " later: Walt gets bird in high hole 16 May 1200 Set a round blind + a gall. Nest w 3 Fat r-sassies. 21 May 0715 Set & ready. Breeders started feeding after 1 hr. HF finally came at 0934. Nab.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus BKOK HNHR 2 Apr See Katie's notes. Just as Jeremy said, there seems to be an upper + lower BKOK. The "upper" birds sit in the big tree to W (top) of BKOK Field (in the brushy woods) They fly off to the top edge of Bian Field. The "lower" birds hang out in the lower big BKOK trees (down around the big dead snag by the P.O. hole. The lower birds have a banded ♂ + a NOBA ♂ - ♀ (again, see Katie's notes). No good looks. 9 RW(M) M , 2 M [illegible] (sitting beside e/o) 1190 r 2237. We return at 1015 r I get W E W (W) ♂ (for sure) = 2238 LB M/Y ♂ = 2239 ♂ KW M = ? A total of 5 birds at "upper", one of which flew to "lower", the rest flew towards A1. So... these 5 birds are the BKOK birds, except I didn't see BM 2177 r I did see a mystery ♂ KW M Jeremy did see 2177 on 940312. Could I be mistaking mystery for 2238? In my humble opinion, I'd say BKOK has divided in 2. In fact the lower birds have stores in the big snag by the P.O. tree. We'll assume uBKOK still has access to their very full granary! 2 May 1200 LB=26.6, R=14.9, LP=29.9, DB=30.1. Put 5 Rant Kids in (banded) took these 4. I put R into the Lamb nest. Took other BVN. Put LB in R3. Put LP + DB in Plge. (R later disappeared from Lamb)
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus AL HNHR 2 Apr Hello holes - nada. See a NOBA g here. Hmm 18 Apr Hello holes on way up - nothin. Later ( watch From 1200 - 1220, Some birds but no obvious nestiness. 22 Apr Hello the 2 gran holes - nada 22 May Jeremy Finds nest! With big babies! He does a watch while I take Kout bird down For lap. I return w climbing gear r open the paper thin nest. 4 jumpy babies. Band, bleed, r put hole together with rubber bands (diam of nest limb @ > inches !) There's a NOBA g here & several Al g's. The nest is near edge of woods up From A1 toward summit. 25 May Walt set an ambush at the snag hole in gran last night, Katy saw 3 birds go in. We come out this am, I pull string, it breaks. Damn. But I don't hear birds Flushing. Roost watch: Katy sees 2 birds in at same hole (Walt had reset ambush). Will try in a.m. 26 May Ambush! Pull string at 0335. Katy overslept so I'm solo. Caught BM 2262, the NOBA BF (now 2462 ... yea!) and... BM 2165 From Kout! I know he's From here, but it's still strange. His lap/implant doesn't look good (all yellow, etc). He weighed 77, but now I forget if that was with or without the 3.5g hood (his pre-lap weight was 77). lapped 2262 in Field. Bad view. Damn.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KOUT HNHR 2 Apr Lots of acorus stored all over gran tree. Hello holes - nada. 18 Apr Hello - nada. 2 May 1130 4 Fresh eggs in burn snag. Low hole Facing ARSW. I didn't cut it open (rush). J Found it. 10 May 0630 Put the 3 biggest Ravi kids in here to replace the 4 dead eggs I took out. 15 May 1019 Yow-ee - Zowee! I came up to do a Ravi-Kout- ate baby switch & low & behold there's a bird in the hole. Unfortunately, it wasn't the NOBA 9. A banded 8. I do the baby switch, stash the ladder & hop on the 4 wheeler at 1015. By 1030 I've done the bleed - at the lab. That must've been a land speed record. I then lap him, but don't see shit. Oh well, reband him. This is 1340, an A1 breeder (the younger of 2) What is going on here, Jeremy drives back up & releases him. So now this nest has 4 kids (the entire Ravi nest minus the big kid, who will sit in Ravi until he goes into Gate to replace the sawed kid. 22 May 0630 Set & ready. After about 1.5 hrs I get NOBA 9 afterwards I decide to try For a BM, who I catch, take down to the lab after 2 bleeds, lap (4 Fov) - Timplant. I process blood, then release 26 May Caught BM 2165 at Al ambush! Lap wound didn't look good.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Lamb HXHR 2 May 1230 K=17.4, P=11, B=18, O=15.7. Added the BKOK runt R=14.9. 20 May Walt bands 4 scrawny kids, Red is missing! Damn. * ARSW 22 May Jeremy Finds nest with old babies. I was able to reach down the hole w/o cutting r get out (after some Fuss) 4 big jumpy babies, Bled, banded etc. There're faux's swifts nesting in the ARSW tree as well. Katy does watch here on 23 May or discovers 2 Muff 87 are breeders! WOW! A long way to fly!
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus LAZ HNHR 2 Apr Hello holes - nada. Lots acorns stored. 18 Apr 1130 DB = 14.7, O = 13.7, K = 10.7, LP = 14.7. Set-tied ambush. 22 Apr Set r ready at 0820. After an hour 1234 showed up & Fed/brooded. Later 4 1873 did same. One more visit by 1234, then 4 1873 in at 1031. Since no helpers had even showed I said what the hell - pulled the string. Bled, measured, painted (r put bands on 1234, who was missing 2. I pulled one baby out - band missing.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Bian 2 Apr See Katie's notes. Eventually see 5 birds here NOBA 8 NOBA 9 NOBA 9 w very thin black Forehead band. 1 chase. Hmm 2 May Walt Finds 6 very incubated eggs in a new hole below the broken "traditional" limb.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus Ravi H/NHR 3-4 Mar Started giving them acorns. Gave them a new nest log, took out an old log. 5 Mar Still no interest in widening hole in log enough to look inside (I must admit, it's sorta damp or yucky inside) Starting trapping mice today (2) 8 Mar Some Fresh chips (I think). Still no interest in log (new) 9 Mar 1500 Started mealworms. Gave 'em back an old log (hole) Moved the new log under roof - took off lid to let it dry (still yucky) 13 Mar 0817-0837 Bled all 5 birds. Got extra blood to do thaw exp For 3 (?) of them (see cap rec) 1783,1785,1787 ♂% = 1783, ♂%♀ = 1785, ♀%♀ = 1787, ♂%♀ = 1789, ♂w:27 14 Mar Took 'em their daily mealworms - noticed they hadn't touched yesterdays acorns. 18 Mar 1st eggs !! Marked. Walt will mark subseq eggs, 22 Mar 0830 No 5th egg. 4 warm eggs. (I gave a full) (2x normal) helping of mealworms. They got no worms yesterday. 23 Mar 1100 Dog my cats! A 5th egg ! It's probably safe to assume it was laid after 0830 yesterday, but.... 26 Mar egg 1: 27.45 x 20.3, 2: 27.1 x 20.05, 3: 28.4 x 19.9, 4: 26.8 x 20.15, 5: 27.35 x 20.2. Starting to develop 27 Mar 0900-0925 Bled all 5 birds. Painted: 1783=K strip, 1785= grn solid, 1787=no head put, grn rump, 1789=pnk sol, 2127=strip 29 Mar 1130-1330 Video nest watch (see back of page). 1785=0 1789=71 min, 1783=4.5, 2127=35, 1787=16. All eggs Fertile 31 Mar 1130 Nobody hatched yet. Gave double mealworm dose.
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1994 M. Stanback 2 M. Formicivorus RAVI H/NHR (31 Mar) 1445 Still no progress. 1 Apr 0700 " " " . Gave cap tube via 'o' mealworms 1000 " " " 1700 2 eggs missing !! (#2-3). Egg #1 pipping. No sign of eggs anywhere ! Remaining eggs warm (bird in hole on arrival). What happened ? Did they think there wasn't enough Food For 5 ? . 2 Apr 0700 Egg #1 hatched, chick = 4.6 g = B Gave Fullcap mash 1200 #1=B=5.3 , #4=RL=4.6 #5=pip. Gave " " (there are still some left From 0700) 3 Apr 0700 LW=5.9, LL=4.8, B=6.9 Happy Easter ! 1500 Remarked all 3 , gave Full mealworms (empty) 4 Apr 0630 Fed + remarked. Fed again 1300, 1700. Looked Fine 7 Apr 0600 Fed mealworms (as I did yesterday), but one of the babies is dead (LL). I took out his heart + put it in lysis buffer (now #2345). He wasn't super-Fresh, but he wasn't too rusty either. Thoracic cavity in good shape (though gut was beginning to turn). 0930-1130 Video nest watch 12 Apr 0745-0810 Bleed all 5 birds (+ repainted). Although 1785 was not seen incubating, he is always to be Found brooding the chicks. However, this could be due to the fact that he is going lame in his left wing + knows better than to flush. This is a bit worrisome as I bleed left wings. Upon release he Flew very poorly. Babies doing Fine. Today I put methanol on all the blood smears.
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1994 M. Stanback 3 M. Formicivorus Ravi H N H R (12 Apr) 1400 w=46g, 14.0 calm, LB = 43.7, 13.5. Removed both r put a LHay runt in instead. I took both Ravi kids + put 'em in LHay. Now Ravi has 3 of the 4 LHay kids. 15 Apr 1600 Put the 2 big LHay kids back in LHay (left runt) 16 Apr 0800 Runt gone! I Found him mostly eaten r stored in a hole. Cannibalism! (again). I took him back to the lab to get tissue, but they had eaten all the goodies (brain, heart, liver, etc). Oh well, easy come, easy go. 20 Apr Still no eggs in other cavity (which now has Fresh chips r birds) Have been giving them mealworms daily. 21 Apr Still no egg. Green & stayed inside. Mealworms 22 Apr 1300 Still no egg. Mealworms. 23 Apr 1100 Egg #1. Guess I shoulda bled them. Mañana 24 Apr 0915 No new egg! 1000 Still no egg! (Also checked at 1400 - no egg) 25 Apr 0820 Marked egg #2. Bled all except BF 26 Apr 0930 Marked egg #3. 27 Apr 28 Apr 1300 A 5th egg! Didn't mark. 29 Apr 1200 What gives? 5 eggs, only 3 marked (2, 3, -4). I labeled one of the blanks #5 w pencil, the other as #6. I should check again for a subtle "1" on one of them (I can't imagine I wouldn't've labeled it) Anyway, maybe there's a connection with the 24 Apr gap. #2 = 25.8 x 20.6, #3 = 28.2 x 20.3, #4 = 27.4 x 20.4,
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1994 M. Stanback M. [illegible] Formicivorus Ravi HNHR 29 Apr #"5" = 26.6 × 20.8, #"6" = 26.7 × 20.1. Bugger. Wait, it gets worse... if there's been an unlabeled egg in there From the get go, none of my #s mean anything, since I just pulled eggs 'til I found a blank. Start checking for hatching on 508 (bled 425) 8 May 0700 3 babies, eggs 4÷6 unhatched. 9 May 1400 RL = 11.4, LL = 7.8, RW = 7.3, LW = 6.4, B = 5.3 All looked Fine (though a couple had cuts) 10 May 0600 Took the 3 biggest to KOUT. In the pm Walt put a big Gate chick in here with the 2 kids. He had accidentally sawed the chick's wing off. 13 May 1300 Implanted 1783 w 2 T implants. Weighed etc. All 3 Kids doing Fine. 15 May 0930 Remove the 2 Ravi kids to KOUT, got the big Ravi kid from KOUT & brought him back to Ravi. Bigger = R, smaller = B 16 May 0825 For ducks I bled BF 1787 + HF 2127 21 May 0600 Bled 1783 for T. Implants Fine (white) 25 May 1830 Bled - banded the Ravi chick (2461) in anticipation of his move into Gate tomorrow. 26 May 1230 67.5g 60 23 34 11 22 18 Yep, he's much smaller than the Gate kids 28 May 0830 Lapped all 3 &T: RW (T boy) = 4.5 fov, RO = 4, Gt not a good lap (the membrane problem) est @ 4 fov. Measured RO + Gt. One wing baby still in nest. Goodbye birdies ... and thank you... you've been good sports.
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1994 M. Stanback M. formicivorus RANA HNHR 13 Apr 0900 - 0930. lots acorus, where are the birds. Starling nest in the old separate door hole. The birds showed up w/in 5 min. They didn't seem nesty (though one did disappear near the high hole) I saw ♂ M- = 2189, ♀ W/M = 2184 ♂ R-WDB = 2188, RM? = RKMB? = 2188 One bird was shy - I'm not sure if I got any [illegible] ID. If I had to guess I'd say 4 birds. 20 Apr 1300 - 1320 Spy. No nestiness, just acorn work. 30 Apr 1015 - 1030 "" , tho maybe a peek into a hole 2 May a.m. These guy came over to Rant, but no "struggle" 3 May See Rant notes. Caught 2188 while Flycatching. Bled lapped, caged. Unfortunately, he died in captivity later in the day. I hate this job. 25 May Thawed him - measured testis: 8 mm x 5 mm
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT HUHR 13 Apr 0845 Arrive r immediately see a bird in a new hole Facing the road in the main trunk. Wow! Plenty 'o. acorns. Came back at 0940 r saw & w M_ & M_=2157? & Y_ Saw an intruder's chase. I then climbed up to the hole (tried Free climb, but ended up jumarin') 5 eggs - couldn't tell if Fresh. Didn't open, since I was hanging in an awkward position. Set strings for the big net. I'm pretty sure there are 294 here. Not long after one flew away, I saw another in the nest. 20 Apr 1430 Bugger! I arrive to open the hole, when I am set upon by a pack of children. I beat a hasty retreat. 21 Apr 1430 Mv=15.5, LB=14, O=13.5, R=13, DB=14 (cut hole, set gall close by. 30 Apr 1040- & wBBW & D&LP M First I spied from Rana & Found they are still going all the way in. Then I came down to 1D. Saw several intrusions! 1 May Ug, what a climb. Set ambush, started waiting at 1400. 82157 Fed once w/o going in at 1650. In at 1712. Nab! Didn't bleed. He weighed 84(?)g. Took kids M_=47.25, Mv=54, DB=45.5, LB=46, O=52. Put D in cage in Doll House with CV&R & 2 May 0730 Dead quiet. Put up nets & p.s. tape. Rana birds came over briefly. Quit at 0845. Back to Hastings, where we bled & banded babies for BKO K.
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus RANT HNHR 3 May 0720 Dead quiet, but 3 birds flew to Rana. Later saw a Rant ♂ w 2188 (Rana) in granary. I'm still confused - are the ♂'s flying off to RANA too? Eventually caught 2188 as he blundered in while flycatching. Bled, lapped back at Hastings. He's now cooling his heels in a cage w/ 2157. 1700 Damn, Walt tells me that 2188 is dead (+ that he didn't look good back earlier in the afternoon after his lap). Was it the lap, the loss of blood (he gushed), or being in a tiny cage with a strange (?) bird. I'm sorry 2188. I didn't want it to be this way. 4 May 0700 Some action. Immediately caught NOBA ♂. MMLB WCBW ♂, NOBA ♂?, NOBA ♂ present. The 2 birds most seen together are the banded ♂ wBBW + NOBA ♂ 0830 Another NOBA ♂ caught 1015 There was another good intrusion bout earlier, but it's dead now, so we pack it in. (NOBA♂+wBBW♂) 5 May 0645 Some action. Stayed til 1100. Caught 7 birds! 2 ♂ (NOBA), 4 NOBA ♂?, - pink ♂ From yesterday. Most of this action occurred kinda all at once. Brought ♂♂ back for laps. Went well. Released back at Rant. Flew Fine. 6 May 0730-1115 Caught 5 ♂, 2 ♂. Brought ♂♂ back for laps. At morning's end one of the lapped ♂ From yesterday was in control! Today's ♂♂ both had laps of about 4 Fov. (see cap recs)
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1994 M. Stanback 3 M. Formicivorus RANT HVHR 11 May See J-K's notes, cap recs For the day they were here, 0800 Still going on. Mauveish ♂ or NOBA ♀ in charge (J+K had Mauve ♂ or the old blue ♂ in charge when they left). Anyway, we got there in the fog r immediately got a sodden ♂ who was "stuck" in the grass. Caught NOBA ♂ in net, a NOBA ♀, the Mauve ♂ (who we finally released after a new NOBA ♀ moved in) we later got him again when he fell in that dang tall grass r Jeremy grabbed both him r the NOBA ♂ he was grappling with. Quit at noon r went home to lap birds. Oh yes, we caught a ♂ that was caught here last year! See cap recs. 12 May 0645 Arrived to a chase, but very dead once nets were up. The sodden ♂ or a NOBA ♀ are very much in charge - chasing intruders long before they get to the granary. One of them bounced out of the net (damn!) during a chase. At 0745 we stopped, took down the net (avec starling) r went back to Hastings for 'ol' Pink (who weighed 82g). We returned, set the net, let him go (at 0830) r he was immediately set upon by the 2 "residents". They all 3 disappeared into the woods. After 5 min, the 2 returned. He gave another try 5 min later r was chased to the NW staging tree (where 2 birds were already). All quiet at 0845.
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1994 M. Stanback 4 M. Formicivorus RANT HNHR (12 May) 0910 The resident NOBA ♂ Finally blundered in while the ♀ was chasing. He was immediately replaced by Z ♂♂ (brothers) whom the ♀ accepted almost immediately. We then caught one of these Z. Oh yes, the original NOBA ♂ had a large cloacal protub. 1010 Quit. All quiet (tho ♀ isn't too happy w ♂) 13 May Katy + Jeremy net. They catch the studly ♂ from yesterday and the new resident ♂ (a NOBA). I get a nice lap + release. 27 May Took down net strings. Thank you birdies, you've been very good sports... especially old Pink, who is back in charge (For the second year in a row(!) he has survived bleeding, removal, lapping, life in a cage, and still come back to win his rightful place here
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1994 M. Stanback Species Accounts H NHR 12 Mar Road runner at Tularcitos Ranch (just past Rana Creek) along CV Road. Nice! 16 Mar Heard W. Flycatcher 28 Mar 0600 After a week of listening, the orioles arrive.(sort of) 29 Mar Griffin's pear tree starts blooming. 3 Apr Troy reports Ringtail near Rana Creek. 14 Apr Found Mtn guail nest on school Hill on path up to SHC. 3 birds Flushed From it as I approached!?! 29 Apr 1430 A pair of scrub jays + a pr of br towhees were dancing around in the Front yard of the Bell House. I went out r Found a gopher snake (3 Ft) all coiled up. I went back in r the scrub jay (1) returned r started the dance. He would Fluff his Feathers r spread his tail. He Flew off r I went out r harassed the snake til he left. I then went in r the jay returned and grabbed the snake by the tail twice. At this point the snake got to the Fence r coiled up r the jay left. 14 May Costa's hummer at Bunkhouse Feeder. 15 May Prairie Falcon stooped on (r missed) ground squirrel in Field tween lab r barn. 11 May-15 Poorwill on path to Watts 16 May Nuttall's WP breed by bride at lab (mass, ch, 1sh, 1°, Tsh, Tail) Y 35.5 49 18 32 13 21 Mv 37.8 60 24 42 16 26 P 35.5 61 21 43 13 27 G 34.5 62 21 44 15 27 B 39.7 62 25 44 17 28
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22 May: Vanx's swift nest in big hollow of ARSW nest tree on Arnold. Couldn't see nest, but saw birds going in repeatedly. 23 May: After years as the premier bat roost at Hastings, the slats on the gables of the stucco house have been sealed off. It seems the new occupants find them disagreeable. What a crock of shit. So they shit - we can't live in sealed bubbles. What's a little bat shit on the window pane? What hypocrisy! It sickens me.
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