Flicker's nest 
this, the father appears at the nest and 
feeds three young in plain sight of us. I 
notice no new points. 
4.50 P.M. Male parent returns and laughs in tree but 
does not go to nest. 
5.00 " He arrives at the ne st silently so that the 
outcry of the young is my first warning of 
his presence. Three young only are fed. this 
t ime. 
5.21 11 Male comes again silently. I see only two 
young fed but a third may have been attended 
to before I looked up. It is raining and 
the young are all out of sight within the 
hole during the feeding porcess. 
6,00 " Male comes just as I am leaving and seeing 
me flies away./ 
