DuVal, E.H. 2005 Journal Isla Boca Brava, Chiriqui, Panama 15 April 2005 - partly cloudy all day - moderate amounts of manakin activity. I spent the whole day mistnetting for unbanded females with nests. I caught two more of these unbanded moms, but to my dismay found that the chicks in at least one nest targeted yesterday had died. Steve checked them at 11:15 am and found them extremely hungry. I stopped by on my way back to the cabin at 14:00 and found them both cold and freshly dead. There was one ant investigating one chick, but they were otherwise untouched. I collected them, removed their bands for reuse (I banded #700 today, and the metal bands ran out at #800). I preserved them both in EtOH with the S-1 baby. This really is a particularly high nest failure rate after catching the female. I'm not sure what I can do about it - I've got to band the females to check paternity... Perhaps more broad- scale mistnetting away from the immediate nest area? Either way, my heart's just not in mistnetting these females now. While I was targetting an unb9 near the EDM area, I caught a