2000 2001 Walter D Koening Melanerpes formicivorus Chango HNHE 20 April No sign of stores or birds here. 21 July Ditto. 2001 8 April 1200. Stores here! There is a group here! 26 May 1730. Watched for an hour+ here from the Chango side, but saw zilch. Really zilch. Despite the fact that there are a couple of nice holes and a fair number of stored acorns remaining. But at least there's nothing really obvious going on. 28 June We've still failed to come up with anything here, even though they have a fairly full granary and we've come by regularly and watched several times. Surely they have a nest somewhere, I fear. 19 July 1530. At long last I found a hole, over in the sycamore where I bet they nested. It's not obvious how to get to it, but it's an obvious hole and I have no idea how I missed it. A Cooper's Hawk flew by and a nice bird - with a dark eye - hence an old fledgling I believe - zipped into it for a minute. An ambush would seem warranted, although, being in a dead limb, I fear I'll need a ladder.