1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus KNOL HNHR 30 Mar Veronica reports that 8 1969 has a silver crown! 3 Apr 0700-0710. 9 working on hole in pine snag by driveway. She can't quite turn around inside. But also saw 4 birds together at hi syc hole pm Put out Food r watched 4 birds come in, including the 8 w/ gray head (maybe even 5?) Set a blind nearby for netting. 6 Apr 0615-0715 Set net by platforms. ACW's never came in (just wcsp, tokees titnice [which remove dog-food], and quail [one of which was caught and undoubtedly freaked the ACW's even more]. Nithatch also removed dogfood. Caught a towhee. 1500 Bird in hi sycamore hole. Ugh. String broken at bottom, but I managed to get both ends. Looks OK, I start pulling up the rope. Plink. String breaks, down comes rope r string. Bloody hell. 7 Apr 1220 Bird at pine hole. Roost watch: Veronica: birds into sycamore hole... but wait, it seems to be a different hole - on the cut side. Check it out, then think 'string'. 14 Apr 0745-0805 Watched pine snag. No visits to hole. Hello'd syc hde - nothing. What gives? 0915 Something's up. Chasing + even a garrick. ?? 16 Apr am. Spied a bit. No visits to pine hole. Hello'd syc hole. Nothing. 17 Apr 0850-1015 Set net, sat in blind. A bird landed briefly once. Several visits to syc hole. My right hip hurts so much,