1980 R.C. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Road 3 (31 May) Back at 1800 to check the nest. Surprisingly, they did not lay today! Still the one marked egg. Watching at 1850. They are still interested in the hole, f265 in as I arrive. I guess they just skipped a day. 1 June Start watch 0545 (0445). Core emerges from roost hole at 0352. 0642, f265(?) enters nest. 0646, she leaves, a juv. entry x 0707. Juv. Dom. J 539 metal/white nails J588 on the noggin. 0739 ? enters nest, leaves quickly. at 0736, m184 had done the same. I wonder if these guys have abandoned? Another one-egg false start? ~0810 f265 entered (?), then m65, J537, 0822, f265 leaves. x Juv. dom 0825, J537 pecks J539! again, moments later. ~0840, f265 may have entered nest again. 0843, m184 at nest, m68 flies to nest, both chatter. f265 leaves 0143. 0846 f265 enters again 0851, m68 enters, m184 may already be in. 0903, nope, m184 was in the VO granary. 0909, J leaves 0940, f265 enters nest only briefly 0950, Juv 539 pecks Juv 538! End 1000. Going to check nest! Goddamnit! 2 eggs, but I manage to break the fresh one, and I don't even know how I did it. Shit. I peeked in, saw 2 eggs, reached in, pulled out egg #1, then went back ad the new one broken! Perhaps I knocked it as I pulled out #1. Seemed awfully thin shelled. Pisser!