1993 M. Stanback M. Formicivorus 4a RANA (14 Apr) Did a 1.5 hr watch here (see sheet). Saw ♂ 2182, ♂ 2186, ♂ 2188, NOBA ♂, ♀ 2183, ♀ 2184, r NOBA ♀. I was hoping to ambush tomorrow night, but there's a potluck. What to do... this group offers so many possibilities... and ambushing ruins several of them. I guess I have to stop doing my dissertation sometime.... Roost watch: SEE PAGE 4b 15 Apr 0600 Tied off ambusher (didn't peep) 0810 Arrived to do ambush just as it starts to rain. I decide to wait 'til 0830, when it starts raining even harder. Around 0900 it starts letting up, so I go set the ambusher. At 0935 the NOBA ♀ goes in. Wham! I do a lap there at RANA, but the ♀ dies (over-anæsthetized). She's now a spirit specimen. Now there are just 2 BF here (both banded). Here's the rub. When I climbed to set the ambush, there were still just 2 eggs. What gives? It was obvious that not all 3 were laying, but I expected something more than the 2. Maybe the ambusher Freaked them or they laid elsewhere. (then again, there was a bird in the hole at 0900 v I caught the ♀ rather quickly, so who knows. Gave her # 2196 (took RBC's - plasma, no stress series.) No bands. See cap rec.