1982 R.L. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Black Oak 26 April Looks like we have a nest here! At 1720 I find a ♀ (with heavily mustached right face) looking out of the "bad hole" (1981 1st nest hole), in the Valley Oak. I will have to open it up very soon. 27 April Open up the hole here, 1700: 5 eggs and it looks like the clutch is certainly complete. I marked & measured the eggs, My guess is that this was about day 3 or 4 of incubation. Anticipate hatching about 5 or 6 May, and banding about 28 May. See next record for other details. Also, I would guess that this is almost certainly the work of one ♀, and last year's 8-egg clutch probably was, too (since ♀320 is still here). 26 May Banded 5 nestlings here today, a very good effort for Black Oak. Juvs #740-744. 7 June Counted stores, 1730: Fallen Limb 825 Main Area 1275 2° area 160 2260 TOTAL 12 June Walked up here 1500 + found a ♀ looking out of the 1981 aborted 2nd nest hole, in the poison oak covered Valley Oak in the 2° area. Looks like we have a second nest here! 14 June 1800, I "try" to get up to check the new nest here, but the string broke on me, and I didn't think to bring a lead weight or new string to get a new line up. I tried to throw the remains of the string up, But