1981 R.C. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Blom-one 13 May Checked all the holes that I know about, finding nothing. Pretty windy, not a good time to watch birds. The 1979 + 1980 nest hole (in granary) appears to be occupied by starlings. 14 May Watching here 0815. 9648 Grn-BIK/wnt and a ♂ metal/? in the top of the granary. She flies off toward the ⚫ knoll, the male follows. 0915, 9649 wnt/DBlue here as well. So at least 299 still here. Again, foggy, windy, very difficult to see birds. Will try some other time. 17 May Trying to watch here again 1700. Jees; those guys are tough to watch. I get a glimpse of ♂622, another ♂ & ♀, but that's it. Walter says nobody looked at the hole with 2 eggs in the granary 1845, Now we're getting somewhere. I pick up 5 birds over at Blom 2. Points: ① Looks like we're down to a 2-♀ group. 9650 does not seem to be here ② ♂492 is not for 9649 following-wise ③ ♂493 + ♂622 are strongly following 9648. See the bit of behavior on back 18 May Start 0550. Somebody is being chased continuously around the granary. Carrick's heard as well. Is this 9650, or (more likely 9478?) (605 lets hear it for predictive biology, the intruder is 9478, being chased around like mad by 2 birds (presumably 99649+9649) [illegible], 0730 Things have calmed down. A ♂ entered the hole facing the pond for a couple of seconds, but that was all. Rainy, misty. Bagging it.