Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4462
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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.