1993 R.C. Mumme M. formicivorus Dark Hollow 20 May Finally, action! Didn't bring the tape recorder, but the general plan follows. At 0619 9696 entered the hole and except for a few brief look outs, she stayed down until 0650. I checked the hole at 0730 and found an adorable runt egg laid no doubt by 9696. By this time, both 9696 & 8584 had entered the hole three times each + had not removed the runt. But at 0808, 9695 finally entered, and though she stayed down for ~2 min she left it with 9696's runt! Good! The egg was carried to the adjacent tree, but I couldn't see what happened to it there. I didn't have calipers today, but this runt had an air cell smack in the middle of the egg. 21 May Another egg to watch here. 9696 lays (presumably a normal egg, but I didn't see the egg well) ad 9695 carried it out @ around 0747. The egg was carried to the adjacent tree (1982 nest tree) where I was unable to see what had happened to it. Details on back. 22 May Repeat of yesterday: 9696 lays normal egg, 9695 carries it out (after staying in nest ~2 min), ad 9695 fails to lay. Maybe she will lay tomorrow. Details of the laying & tossing are on back. Again, [illegible] 9695 carried the egg to the 1982 nest tree where I was unable to determine its fate (though I'm sure it would have