1994 1995 Walter D Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Los Arbolitas HNHR 20 May This new group, wedged in between CV Grande and Gazebo, had a nest with 8 eggs! Today at 1045 I checked it for hatching. 5 eggs had hatched; possibly yesterday. The other 3 (#2,7,8) were all developed and may still hatch. #2, a very small egg that I might even have thought a nunt, is even pipping. Babies were too small to put bands on. 25 May 1700. 5 babies + egg#2, pipped but unhatched. ① LB (22.8) ② BLK (23.9) ③ OR (24.8) ④ LP (24.5) ⑤ NOBA (17.1) 9 June 1330. Banded & bled the 5 kids. 15 June Jeremy reports that they are feeding acorns at the nest here! 7 October 615. Ambushed the nest hole this morning, nabbing 6 birds- 2 adults and 4 of the spring kids! Where do they all hang out?? 1995 12 April 1530. As reported by the winter FAs, these birds do have a granary - the large YO just across the fence (and on the S side of the road) from F.Troop. There are at least a couple of hundred acorns still in it. None in last year's nest hole, however. 1 May Still stores here. No nest yet, though. 24 May 1140. Checked nest (in same hole): 3 babies, all about the same. One weighed in at 15.2 gm ≈ 4 days (maybe only 3). Still some stores here.