1982 R.C. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus ARF too (6 June) evidence of ♂635 or a ♀ NB, but I will have to watch the nest here in a few days to be certain they aren't around. ② There is a new banded + presumably breeding immigrant ♀ here: ♀642 Or-DBlue/Yellow Or-DBlue/M who was banded in April 1981 at the big Lower Haystack Power Struggle and not seen since. How about that! My guess is that the ♀NB (the mother of ♀687) disappeared over the winter, and was replaced by ♀642. In this view, the ♂NB is the same as last years, the father of ♀687, which would explain why she is still here. All this is, of course, a hopeless guess given the uncertainties of unbanded birds, but it is probably reasonable. 8 June Watching the nest here 1620. Definitely a trio here, ♂NB ♀642, ♀687 and that's all. A good number of feeding visits in 1½ hr watch (31 visits) 15 June Tried to ambush the ♂NB here, unsuccessfully. I set up the pole net on the evening of the 14th, watched the ♂NB definitely enter the hole at dusk. But this morning, when I put the net over the hole at 0345, nobody came out. I waited until it was quite light. Either the ♂ left late yesterday or early this morning, or refused to come out of the hole, I don't know