2001 2002 2003 Walter Poenry Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Long Field HATCR 10 May 1430. After sitting here for 45 min and not really seeing anything I walked around the sycamores and bingo! A bird in a hole! 11 May 1600. Opened the hole: 7 eggs, incubated. Measured one: 25.1 x 19.8. Hole tagged #1316, 16 May 1500. 4 babies, 1-2 do, + 3 unhatched (but developed) eggs. Band ~ 4 June. Birds have stored acorns stuck in various places in the sycamore, by the way. 4 June 1600. Banded the 6 (!) kits. 2002 22 April Bird in the 2001 hole. 23 April 1130. Opened/checked the hole: empty but in OK shape. 24 May 1415. Checked the hole: 3 eggs, mid-late inc. (EHD ~ 28 May). ① 24.1 x 20.8 ② 24.3 x 21.1 ③ 23.8 x 19.7 (calipers checked). 19 June 1315. Banded the 2 kids. 2003 8 April 1100. None in the hole, but 2 birds in the tree. Also, the stump (25') of a sycamore next door is now a fairly reasonable granary, quite full no less. 11 April 1330. Bird in hole: 3 fresh eggs. Presumably still laying. 18 April 1600. 5 eggs. ① 24.4 x 20.4 ② 24.3 x 20.7 ③ 24.8 x 20.8 ④ 24.0 x 19.8 ⑤ 24.8 x 19.5. EHD 4/24. 27 April 1400. Checked nest: 4 kits (~4 do) + 1 unhatched 4