1981 R.C. Munne 5 Melanerpes formicivorus Blom one 26 May Start 0620. 0630, 9649 is top of granary with a Malacosoma Caterpillar; She wipes it back + forth on a limb maybe 100 Times before flying off (to eat it?) 0725, 9649 enters (for about 15 sec) the hole in the Valley Oak 15 meters SW of the granary. I saw her look-in briefly at about 0700. 0730, Sounds like many birds over by Blom 2. 0750, Back watching after climbing up to the 2° tree hole. Easy climb, with a couple of webbing ladders. I doubt that she did anything. → 0758 Moredominare, 9492 pecks hard at 9622 who then retreats into a "niche" in the large limb 2 feet to the south of the hole in which the birds laid eggs Earlier 9622 really does act like a "baby". Lots of begging-like actions 0900, Peeped into 2° tree hole. Not a good hole. Lots of lichen + grass in the bottom, dragged in by starling, Bluesird, Myiarchus, or something of that ilk. I doubt that they'll nest there. 0915, over at Blom 2, I see 9649 Green-Blk/Metal over here by herself. I just realized that I hadn't seen either her or [illegible] 9493 in the Blomone granary. What's more, I didn't see 9648 in the granary on 24 May, either. When I flush 9648 from the Blom 2 nest tree, she flies toward Corral Viejo canyon, not toward Blom-one. Looks bad. 1040, after watching here a bit longer, still no sign of 9649 (in the granary) or 9493 at all. Is he here, [illegible]