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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)