94 JOSEPH HAYOOCK MELANERPE FORMICIVORADS SHANGO HNHR 27 April 13:20 Arrive to start a 'mate guarding' watch w/ Watt. Have seen up to 5 birds together across canyon (Watt) Saw Y/P ; MAUVE/D Bile ; MAUVE/M ; Unbanded ? I.D: ? [1968] [2326] ? ? In main storage tree. Neither breeding ?'s - Not mate guarding 1968 at least. 14:15 End obs. 19:00 Roost watch- no birds seen to go in gramary roost tree. (Watt reports they roosted across canyon.) 28 April 8:00 Another attempt to watch mate guarding, again from gramary tree side of canyon (west side). Unable to start observations until never because spotting scope had inside condensation (dried out insun). Moved down slope and close enough to gramary to observe w/ binoculars- (Moved blind down) 10:00 Blind set-up, ready to start observations. Where are the birds? (From upper observation point I noticed that 5 birds where in gramary tree most of the time. I assume this included some if not all breeders - so they probably are mate guarding now.) 19:00 Chased at least 4 birds from buckeye annex roof tree. Jeremy reports at least 3-4 birds nested in grainery tree, this years nest hole. 29 April Fairly successful mate guarding observation (13:45- done with Jeremy. Observed breeders several Times. Birds still spending much time on east side.