1981 R.L. Mumme 22 Melanerpes formicivorus Low Hay (13 May) ① 21.4 x 17,3 , near runt, somewhat off-center air cell 26.8 x 20,8 (♀524) Egg-tossing is over here! 0820. Big chase, involving the 2♂8♂ and I believe 1100, ♀523 ♀604 once again. ♀509 Green-Dark/Yellow from looking in, flies to hole, ♀523 away ile very hard ♀307 flies out things broke immediately 0915 Watching from hide, to make sure both ♀♀ come back to the hole and do not throw the egg out. 1115 ♀524's been ⚫ in 4 times, ♀523 once for a long visit, No eggs thrown out. 14 May Start from behind hide at 0610. Foggy, blowing mist. 0614, ♀523 enters nest, ♂307 looks in a few times 0626 ♀524 enters, ♂461 enters 0627. 0628, ♀523, ♂461, ♀524 all leave in rapid succession. 0716 ♀524 enters nest, leaves 0717 0720, ♀523 in tree (Blue Oak) adjacent to sap tree, being mobbed furiously by a pair of Gnatcatchers. She must be near a nest. 0730, No garricks heard yet this morning. As ♀604 finally throwing in the towel, or is she just discouraged by the poor weather. 0735, nest check. One new egg, marked #3. Almost certainly the work of ♀523, since①she was the only ♀ to be in the hole for any extended period, ② measurements (26.4 x 20.3) exactly the same as the egg laid without doubt by ♀523 on 3 May,