96 J. HAYDOCK MELANERPE FORMICIVORUS PLAQUE MAY 16 19:00 - Checked to see if they looked - yes - hear nestlings; saw several birds around WLP MAY 27 13:00 - Set-up ambush (bull in place for 1st week) to attempt catching of breeder males for painting. They have 4 healthy looking nestlings. Caught # 2428 - took blood, plasma, painted him green. 15:00 - Ended attempt at capturing males MAY 22 9:10 - Set ambush again to catch more males for painting. Caught #1757 - took blood, plasma, painted him brown. 14:30 - Caught 2056 - blood, painted him blue Removed all 4 nestlings to force another nesting attempt (hopefully). Nestlings placed in foster nests - 2 at CUMBERT and 2 at LAZ. This group is interesting for mate guarding observations because there are at least 3 breeding males (possibly 6) and they are a group of co-breeders composed of a fathers with his sons of varying ages. MAY 25 8:00 - Preliminary observations for mate guarding to get familiar with birds - Observed for 1 hr and only saw 4 birds - The breeder female # and the 3 painted males. Brown-# 1757 Green-#2428 and Blue-# 2056. All birds fly catching in "PLAQUE" tree. Difficult to tell if male guarding yet - but they were together all the time.