1980 Ronald L. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Gate Hastings Reservation 1 April Watch start at 1345. Cooper's Hawk soars by, a banded ♀ Black-Yellow/Blk in the Sycamore, And I think I read bands as ♀ 519 Black-yellow/M. 1430, confirm ♀519, plus a NB ♂. ♀519 eats acorn (F) Blk-Yel/Blk LGreen/yellow 6 July Start watch 1055 ♀519 J601 and at least 1 ♂NB here, but no sign of J602. 25 Aug ♂626 intruding at Road 1 Blay-yellow/Black 9 Sept Start 1030 ♂627 Lpink/DBlue, ♀519 Lpink-Dblue/M and J601 Lgreen/yellow all here, J601 doesn't look like he's molting yet. These guys are out of acorns. Seen to be hanging around on the Arnold side of the road. 1110, ♂626 Metal/Dblue-unf (M) completes census. 11 Nov Start 1415. 1520, finally spot some birds in the live oak roost tree, then in Live Oaks on Haystack Hill J601 Lgreen/yellow Metal -here in ♀ plumage [tadah!], and mom, ♀519 Blk-Yellow/M is also here