1982 R.C. Muhme Melanerpes formicivorus Haystack Blomquist 10 Feb Counted stores, 1330. 2185 TOTAL Also took a sample of ~35 across from the granary and replaced them with a roughly equivalent number 27 March Counted stores again: 1550 TOTAL 29 April Opened the high hole in the Poison Oak Tree, where Leslie has reported a steady stream of birds. A real bitch, but I find no eggs yet, 1200. May 7 Afternoon Leslie reports incubation behavior here today (though none on 5 May). Sure enough, I climb up to the high PO hole at 1615 and find 4 fresh eggs. I would certainly think 4 showed up today, but I will check again on 10 May or so to make sure clutch is complete, and to mark & measure the eggs. This would mean 18 May would be a good day to expect hatching and 9 June for banding. 11 May Climbed up to check the nest, 0845, and got a mild surprise 3 eggs! So one egg has mysteriously disappeared, early in incubation. I don't know what to make of that. Anyway, the 3 remainders marked & measured. Seenest record. 1 in the hole incubating when I got there 23 May Nest check, 1800: A disappointment! Only 1 nestling, eggs 2 + 3 did not hatch. Both unhatched eggs were counted and undeveloped, so perhaps infertile. 5 June Counted stores, 1700: TOTAL 420 8 June A very nasty surprise here when I climb up here with the intention of banding the nestling, at 1300: After opening up the hole, I reach