1986 M. Stanback M. formicivorus CV 2 HNHR 14 Aug NOBA 8 and banded 9 seen. I did some roost watchers here - they roast in the gulley. (24 Sept) 1700 There seems to be 3 birds here. NOBA 8, 9 570, and the baby (?) I saw here last month has turned into (?) a NOBA 9. They are making holes and storing in the broken tree. I did a roost watch. I heard birds in the quanary near dark, and then one flew due N from the broken tree. Oh shit, the field list has a NOBA 9(B). I'm assuming this one's a kid. Ambush! 29 Nov roost (4:55 pm). After (literally) months, birds go - 30 Nov into the hole u the ambusher. The tree is up the canyon, on the right side (as you head up) just up r right from the tree which Ys at the base in the center of the gully. The limb is rotten and sticks out horiz towards Hastings. The hole is on the underside. [Note: the other night watching here, both roosting birds (30 sec apart) smacked their bills on the wood and tumbled down before flying back up r into hole.] 2nd ambush. New method - jam the telescoping pole into the hole (its easy) and then hold it there using a tripod with "handle" pointing up r into the pole. Unfortunately, Katie was mistaken about which hole the birds went in. Maybe next time. 2 NOBA 88 catched in the canyon ambush. The one with NR was