1986 Walter D Koenig 2 Melanerpes fomicivorus Lambert HINHR (5 March) actually still pretty active here. ♂️ Red-IB/M #1019 here from A1 for sure. Also lots of Starlings. Bring the gun next time. ♀️ BIK-LB/BIK #679 (from A1). 22 March *Group Update* ♂️ 624. Disappeared (presumably just before the 28 Feb power struggle) → Last seen 30 Oct, gone 19 Dec, DA 25 Nov ±1 month (see Katy's notes), ♂️ 679, 1019, 1020, 1021 → all joined in 28 Feb power struggle. ♀️ 1030. Last seen 30 Oct., gone by 19 Dec., → DA. 25 Nov ±1m. ♂️ 1033. " " 31 Oct., " " → DA, "" 5 April More changes. The breeding (♀️720) is gone (having been kicked out in the power struggle!) and has been replaced: × ♂️ 720. Last seen 28 Feb (in power struggle) gone by 6 March → DA 3 March. Evicted ♂️ 720 in 8 power struggle! { ♂️ 916. Moved here (from UA2) replacing ♂️ 720 by 3 March. Did this with ♀️ 1028. ♀️ 1028. Same. 11 April 900. None in any holes here; Katy staying to watch. 7 May Mark found the nest: 3 ~ 3 do nestlings. [This is A.Schw.nut] 18 May 1500. 2 babies in the nest, looking fine. ! Well. The mystery is solved. There are 2 groups here now. Former Lambert was relegated to an inferior part of their own territory (no granary facilities, as far as we know) and is the group with the nest mentioned above. Meanwhile, there is a 2nd nest in the lamburt Valley Oak