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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.