1980 Ronald L. Murme Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack Hastings Reservation 29 March Start watch 0950. Nobody in granary, but one bird seen at far Tortuga. Accipiter cooperi cruises over at 1000. 1008, ♂307 (orange R), flycatches from Valley Oak in the Far Tortuga area. ♀ 1040, everybody here ♂511 white/yellow/metal, ♂461 m/blue-white, ♀515 Dbrn/yel, all flycatching like crazy. End 1050. As I leave, ♀515 goes into a huge frenzy of hawking, storing all the insects she gets in a dead stub on the S side of the granary. The holes she stores in are smaller than typical granary holes Going to check nest holes. 6 April Start watch 1530. Nobody here. 1550, ♀515 Dbrn-yellow eating stored acorn in suppl. granary (F). 1555, ♂307 arrives, wakas with ♀515. He also eats stored acorn. No sign of ♂461, so no "packing" yet. End 1630. 10 April Start watch 1100. Nobody in granary as I arrive. Hole check produced nothing. 1125, ♀515 in tape hole tree, flycatches (F) 1210. Pretty dull here, ♂307 here too, but birds are very blasé. No sign of nesting (although ♀515 did peer in the granary hole once). No sign of ♂461, ♂511. End 1215. 15 April Start 0845 ♂307 + ♀515 in granary as I arrive, plus a 3rd bird at the top of the hill. 0855 ♂NB in granary, chased hard by ♀515, less by ♂307. ♀515 gleans from leaves (F). All these new leaves, I've seen a lot of that. 0915. I'm wondering if ♂461 + ♂511 aren't trying to disperse somewhere. I haven't seen them around, although Nancy has seen 3+4 birds at roosting. 0925, I take that back, ♂461 cruises across territory, ♂461 Dblue-white/Lblue-white.