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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.