1982 R.C. Humme Melanerpes formicivorus ARF too 18 April Still a very few (<100, maybe 75 or 50 eve) acorns remaining in the two granary trees here. 8 May Wandered around quite a bit, looking for holes, nests or birds. No luck on all counts, 19 May Trying to find a nest by watching the birds up here, no luck. All I see is 9687 or-Blk/M in 9 plumage (juv from last year), on 4 different occasions. I never saw her carrying food anywhere, so maybe there is no nest up here. 6 June After considerable pain & suffering here the last two days (5 June 6 June), I finally find the nest: It is in a thick-trunked, but small crowned, partially dead Blue Oak at the N edge of the ARF field. The nest hole is in a dead stub and faces more or less north. At 1430 I bring one length of extension ladder up here, climb up, saw open the hole, find 3 nestlings ~20 days old, and banded them Juv 798, 799, and J 800 xx! ARF too, was not what I really had in mind for the 800th bird, but it will have to do. The hole was a bitch to get back together: Very thin, fragile rotter, but I think F managed to make it reasonably secure. The last two days I've also learned a few neat things about the adults here: ① A♂NB is still ② present (possibly the same as last year, and ② in fact, probably the same as last year (see below), as is 9687 or-Blk/M However, there is no