Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4462
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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.