1983 R.L. Mumme M. Formicivorus Plague 5 June Checked the hole, 1730: 7 eggs stone cold! Has the nest been abandoned? It was active Friday when we did a snake experiment here. Anyway, the 7 eggs measure out ① 25.3 x 18.9 (496) ② 26.3 x 20.1 (494) ③ 26.0 x 19.1 (496) ? ④ 27.0 x 20.2 (494) ⑤ 26.2 x 19.9 (494) ⑥ 26.4 x 19.2 (496) ⑦ 26.2 x 19.7 (494) laid 28 May I suspect that the snake experiment may have directly caused abandonment. Also, the birds have been making a lot of [illegible] noise here. I wonder if ♂521 has disappeared. 15 June Routine gravity census (back): 17 June " " " All 5 birds (♂521, ♀494, ♀496, ♂721, ♂723) see well 1 July Wow, strange goings-on here. Around 1200, while walking down from Buckeye, up in the vicinity of the 81 nest tree, I find ♂521 sitting next to a banded juvenile! In the late PM (~1800) I watch ad find J889 of Pipeline M / white Green! Amazing! This juvenile wandered a full mile up the canyon and wound up on the territory with his grandparents! (♂660, son of Plague, is the breeding ♂ at