SPATULA DISCORS

YPM 129558

659, 250, 1/7

7 Jun 1925 Withey, G. C.

USA. North Dakota. McHenry County.
Mouse River.

Anseriformes: Anatidae

Yale University Peabody Museum

SPATULA DISCORS

YPM 129558

659, 250, 1/7

7 Jun 1925 Withey, G. C.

Anseriformes: Anatidae

A.O.U.No. 403a
Set Mark 1/5 23

OOLOGICAL COLLECTION
OF
WILLET E. GRIFFEE

Incubation Slight
Eggs in Set Five

Name
Scientific Sphyrapicus ruher notkensis
Common Northern Red-breasted Sapsucker
Locality Kiger Island, Benton County, Oregon

Date 14 May, 1923. Nest 25 feet up in a dead black willow stub. Hole 10" deep and had at least 4" of solid wood between the nesting cavity and the outer bark. The bottom of the cavity was shaped like a piece of pie with the point toward the entrance (over) Collected by Willet E. Griffee

This shape of the bottom of the cavity seems to be characteristic of this sapsucker and is unlike any other species I have found nesting in the same locality. The bottom of the cavity was quite damp and the eggs badly nest stained. One egg on May 9 so the set must have been complete. The bird flushed from the eggs on the day they were collected.

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