1986 Walter D. Koenig 3 Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Arnold 2 HNHR 24 April 1310. Set up again to catch the 99. 1415. Got the 2nd 9 - now 91208. This was the 1st bird to come to the hole since I got here. 1450. 91207 over in the granary. 1545. Giving up. No one else ever came to feed. Failure #2 for the year. 9 May 1030. Returned the 4 babies I stole yesterday for metabolic runs and banded all 6, although the smallest is far behind and seems unlikely to make it. 21 May 1030. Checked the nest, where there is still 1 baby (Mature/M# ) Who now weighs 72.2g and has a 104mm wing chord. There are stores left in the granary, by the way. 28 May 1150. Nest is empty. No sign of a 2nd. j1236 seen over toward Bianca (edge of knoll). 9 June *Group Update* No! See 6 June 1987 Katy saw an unb9 feeding here on 17 May; thus there are apparently 3 99 here. We will add the 3rd as of Oct. 1984 along with the other 2 - we have no evidence one way or the other, but 3 unbanded 99 could obviously have passed off as only 2 for a long time.