1981 R.C. Manne 25 Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack (16 May) now, I'd have to guess there's a 50-50 chance of the nest being abandoned, much higher if 9523 doesn't make a recovery. Why + how did 9523 become waterlogged? Two guesses, ① Early this AM she was flycatching tipulids in the high extremely wet grass, got a little carried away, became wet stuck. [illegible] I may have seen 8'461 + 8'307 doing the same sort of thing. Or I may have just seen 8'461 diving on 9523 as she struggled in the grass, ② Maybe 8'461 was grappling with 9523 (like he did to her at the nest on 13 May), and 9523 was forced down into the grass, where she became immobilized. This is supported by the fact that 8'461 grappled with 9523 in the grass (the way that I found her), and his quick aggressive reaction after I returned her to the granary. Whatever, I'm sure it happened early this morning. 9523 certainly would not have survived a night like that, much less be in as good a shape as she was. She was quite feisty when I found her, and I thought only tired and wet from trying to fly. I think she flew off with no problems. I wish she would have eaten some acorns while sitting in the granary (she was right next to some) but she didn't. 17 May Start 0700. Well 9523 is alive! Seen chasing a 9'NB intruder out of the broken tree, wak[ing] with 8'307 + 9524. Also seen in the 2° area and the watch tree. Unfortunately, by 0740 she has still not been in the granary, and I