1989 1990 Waltor D Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus SOBO HNHE 23 April 1600. Searched around, but saw no hint of a nest. Birds do have lots of acorns, however. 24 May Watched again today (and yesterday evening). Still no sign - even though I've found a pretty good place to watch from. I did see 108 Rut / M #1039. 2 August 915. Plenty of stored acorns still here in the granary. 1990 15 April 1600. Bunches of stored acorns still here. Watching for a Git. On second look - many of those "acorns" appear to be eaten-out shells; there may not be nearly as many stores left here as I first thought. 1620. Nobody showing up. Leaving after a quick look around. 6 May 1230. Put up a brand new artificial nest hole in the granary here with the hope that it might lure this group back into the realm of the plausible again. 2 June 1540. Still some acorns stored here, but, alas, no sign of a nest, at least in any of the places I know of to look. 7 June 930. Searched for a nest here, finding a couple of likely holes in a maple over to the right of the granary. Otherwise, however, the birds were way off to the left of the granary below Black Dale in an area where I could find nothing. 3 July Skip has censused here recently, seeing no babies. He's also seen 8736, 51039, plus 91410 - a female we cavalierly eradicated last year - and has not seen the FNOBA. Hence, I'll resurrect 91410, who has probably been here all along (? no - she was not seen last winter, so instead I'll have her returning here) and (optimistically) will delete FNOBA (as of ~26 April ± 2 mo).