Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4462
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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