1982 R.L. Munne Melanerpes formicivorus SOBO 14 May Nestcheck, 1210, using only the peeper because of the fragile nature of the opened hole: 4 babies, one of which was quite a bit smaller than the others. 9-10 days old seems like a pretty good guess, so I should plan on banding 4 (or 3) on 26 May 18 May A short nest watch here, more to find out who the hell is here rather than to get feeding data. Anyway, I do well. It looks like 4 birds are here, all banded! 639 yellow/D1Blue (not seen since June of last year), 640 Dorn-Red (n)/m appear to be the resident breeders, with 2 helpers from last years nest: 658 LBlue-B1K/CBlue, and 659 m/B1K-or. The RNB of last year must certainly begone, and as must 638 as well. Lots of feeding, so nestlings are probably doing quite well. 26 May Banded 4 healthy nestlings here today, now juveniles # 736 - 739, 14 June Said "hello" to the nest hole, but nobody looked out, meaning a 2nd nest isn't likely here at the moment 18 June ** GROUP UPDATE ** (1) 638 disappeared 14 Aug 1981 ± 2 months Last seen 7 June 1981, probably gone by 22 Oct. (2) 9847 NB disappeared 14 Aug 1981 ± 2 months (Same dates as for 638) (3) J657 NSA B 24 may 1981 **