1987 Walter D Foening Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack (6 May) ③? Or/wh/M #1155. ④? Hr/Mh-D4# (D46 ; ⑤? Red/Red #1266 from Gazebo [♀] 1130. My guess at this point is that these 4 birds are it, and that there's only 1 ♀ (!) 1200. Still no sign of a 2nd ♀. Leaving for now. 7 May 800. Ian reports no activity at the hole this morning, and indeed, egg #1 is still the only egg there. 8 May 945. 2 eggs in hole. Ian reports that, as I suspected from my watch on 6 May, there are only 4 birds here, and that ♀1266 is the breeding ♀. 9 May 1715. Still (the same) 2 eggs in the hole. 10 May 1400. " " " " " Have they gone to another hole? or what's the deal then? 11 May 700. Watched here a bit, after checking holes. The 4 birds are still pretty tight here, but are not (obviously) going to any holes. ♀1266 seen; also 3 ♂♂, though I didn't see their bands. ♀1266 still drumming SOME (!) 730. Still 2 eggs in the hole. Given that the birds show no sign of incubation, I'd have to guess that they've abandoned this nest. 3 June *Group Update* ♀524. Presumably gone just before the power struggle here on 30 March. ♂1046 and ♂1146 now breeders, inherited 30 March. ♀1266 and ♀1267 from Gazebo moved here (maybe not ♀1267), ♀1267 not seen (so far) after the PS.