Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4462
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1994 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus CVER (19 Apr) doing chases & waking. Most peripheral birds are just Fly-by's. And we've caught pink & twice now today. 1010 Quit. 5 (+ often 6) birds Fussing here. 20 Apr The removed 3 died in captivity (after losing 15 g) Nets set r p.s. tape playing by 0745. Yes, the other 9 here is 2336, 2081's sister! 0822 Caught 2081, little blood taken. All's quiet! Took 2081 back to lab to give pink a breather. 1600 Damn. I go to release 2081 and she's close to death. I Feed r water her r put her in the trad. Hole at MPH F. And CVER is crazy again, despite 2081's removal. Damn. 21 Apr Set r ready by 0730. Caught Z NOBA 99; (1 of which was with the previously caught NOBA 99). Also caught Z prev. caught NOBA's. Held all 4 (though will release them soon). Pink is still battling intruders though (mostly Fly-bys) 1030 Quiet, quits. Released 4 birds 23 Apr Set r ready by 0815. Caught MurF HF before we even tied the net off. Later caught Plge HF. It started raining, so we quit at 0930 - brought the Plge 9 back to Plge. (Also caught pink 9) Didn't get a chance to take down ambusher Watt set. * Dead BM (2038) testis R (6.3 x 5.1), L (8.2 x 5.8) 24 Apr Too rainy to net this am 25 Apr " " " " . Returned @ 0945, set net, caught MurF HF 2151. Very quiet (+ rainy) after that. Quit 1115