1981 R.L. Humme 21 Melanerpes fornicivorus Low Hay (12 may) 0940.15, 9523 moves to spot where the egg had been, picks up a large shell fragment, flies off toward the center of the granary. Hopefully I got a great picture of 9523 with the egg-shell fragment held upright in her bill 0941.20 Egg totally demolished. Climbing up tree, No trace of egg whatsoever. .... 9524 definitely ate the large chunk of shell she carried off. Don't know what became of the piece 9523 carried away, but I presume she ate that. 1100 Anticlimatically, I check the roost hole. Egg laid by 9524 seen 10 may still there. 13 may Start watching Blue Oak hole 0530. 0535, Birds sound like they are just now coming out of roost hole on this foggy morning. One bird that flew out to the top of the knoll ad started to preen, I read as LBlue-B/K/LBlue, 8571 from Gazebo. Pretty sure he roosted with the other birds (ad [illegible] 9604), so he probably is the special "mystery rooster" (6th bird) that Walter saw on 10 May. 0620, 9604 looks at the Blue Oak hole briefly 0715, now watching granary for behavior, given little interest in Blue Oak hole. 0810 Nest check, two eggs, the two 94 laying essentially simultaneously. (see Walter's notes).