Howell, T.R. 1950 S. varius ssp. 27 mi. SW of Princeton, Ft, British Columbia. May 11 (cont'd.) - r. down to the water; bathing or drinking? Both fly into the woods out of sight. I leave. A search for sapsuckers in the late morning in the region over Allison Pass was fruitless. 3:28 - at the f-n. nest tree. R. is working half in at a hole almost exactly opposite the one of this morning, which makes me wonder if the birds know the difference. 3:45 - r seems bothered by the sun in its eyes; shifts to shady side of tree, preens for 5 min. R. back to 2nd site for a moment, then hitches up to the top of the stub, looking in holes on the way up, pauses at the top, flies off to the woods to the west, 3:52. 4:36 - R. back to 2nd site; screams 4 times; begins work. 4:55- hitches to shady side, up to near top of trunk, off about 50 yds, then off out of my sight. At 6:00 P.M., neither bird had come to the nest tree, and I left. May 12 - I went 5 miles south on the road to Hope to a spot that to my eye is very much like the one above the Falls, and I arrived there a 5:25 A.M. A sapsucker was tattooing loudly at road level, but across the river and behind a clump of trees, and I couldn't see it. I went on up the slope, which is a gully with dead burnt fir and pine trees, and a live forest on either side. At 5:50 I heard some tattoos, but a roaring stream down the draw made it impossible to localize the sound.