1982 R.L. Munne Melanerpes formicivorus Y 28 June Watching here, 0745-0845. Today it looks like a sure + solid 3-some for Y. ♂669, ♂668, and a ♀NB all looking comfortable. No sign of a nest, but I did see the ♀NB extract an acorn bit from the granary. Perhaps they are not as "out" of acorns as I thought. 18 July here 1845 to roosting (1945). Indeed, ♀NB, ♂669, ♂668 all seen well. What's more, I'm almost positive that the ♀NB roosted in the 1977 nesthole up the school hill canyon. I will try to ambush tomorrow. 23 July Finally, I ambush the ♀NB. She is now ♂833 M/whit whi-blk/white 26 July Watching here 0700. Hmm, bad things. ♂669 & ♂668 are certainly here, but no sign of the newly banded ♂833. Also, one of the School Hill juvies J753 M/white-red was flycatching from the Lower Barn Locusts, unco-tested by either ♂668 or ♂669. Some Plague Juves (723 for sure) also about. 0900, I walk over to the lower barn, and I find two piles of woodpecker feathers. One is under the granary locust, and the other pile is under the tree next to it to the east. Damn! This is probably ♂833. Shit, she could have died or been preyed upon as a result of the ambush. I last saw her in the Lower Barn Locusts on 23 July immediately after I let her go, and I failed to see her in passing on 24 July. In the "granary pile" I also find an unbanded left leg of a woodpecker (!), but it is