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bird observed: Red breasted sapsucker.
Place: North shore of Lake Mary. (1/2 mi. SW
Donner Pass)
Time: June 26, 1950.
Times are P.D.S.T.
7100 ft.
8:16 a.m. Arrived at study area.
8:30 a.m. Red breasted sapsucker appeared
on white fir about 50 feet from shore.
8:30 1/2 a.m. Sapsucker flew east across lake
towards bluff. Feeding holes were
on middle third of tree. Many holes
were on south side of tree; one small
feeding area on north. No evidence of
feeding on other trees in vicinity.
Squirrel in tree all during time of
observance
9:13 a.m. Sapsucker returned from east
bluff. Ate sap. Drilled a new hole. 6 min.
9:19 a.m. Flew around tree and cleaned bill,
9:20 a.m. Came back for more sap,
9:22 a.m. Flew to bluff,
9:23 a.m. Came back to same holes.
9:23 1/4 a.m. Left towards bluff. Indications are
nest is located on bluff about 1/4 mi. away.
9:34 a.m. Squirrel getting sap out of same hole.
9:35 a.m. Squirrel came back, ate sap and
peeled some bark.
9:35 1/2 a.m. Sapsucker came back from bluff.
We left the study area.
M. & V. Rosenbaum
(members
Colorado
Bird Club,
Denver,
Colorado