2000 2001 2002 Walther Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Black Oak Still H NHR 23 May 1030. Dead... stores. Joey checked the hole: 4 eggs, incubated. EHD ~ 27 May. (Could hatch any day.) Measured one: 26.9 x 20.2 mm. 16 June 1430. Banded the 4 kids. Still a few stores here. 20 July Out of stores. 2001 5 April 1015. Bird in hole - the curved limb hole, not the PO tree. 10 April 1415. Bird flew out of hole. Checked it: 3 eggs, 1-2 days incubated (?) Or maybe they're still laying? 19 April 1300. 3 babies, ~1 do. Band ~ 9 May. 3 May 1430. Banded + bled the 3 kids (#3364 - 3366) 6 May! 1200. 2nd nest in the (very) old hole that you can rope-climb to: 4 babies, ~2 do. Band ~ 25 June. 13 June After 2 watches by Lance where nobody came, I checked the nest which is empty. 19 June 1300. 2 birds in 1st nesthole. (Adults, so something could be going on.) 26 June 1515. Nobody in the hole, but we checked it anyway: 4 eggs, incubated. One didn't look developed, but the rest could hatch anytime. I measured the eggs; see Joey's notes for the numbers. 16 July 1230. Banded the 3 kids here. 2002 12 March Stores doing OK here. 12 April Still stores! Nobody in any holes, though 2 May Stores: Yes. Bird in hole: NO.