Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4442
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1976 Walter D Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus 21 (27 October) heard a scream from the net and looking briefly up saw a flash of white which I presumed to be a Magpie. I walked past the Live Oak and looking up again to a burst of activity saw a Rat-shouldered Hawk in the net immediately below a Woodpecker, who was in fact the one making all the noise! I burst over, but by the time I got to the strings the hawk had disengaged himself, leaving the screaming woodpecker, who was losing a few feathers and looked as though he had been attacked. I pulled the net down (it got hung up and was totally destroyed in the process, not aiding the bird any), and removed the bird, who was rather ruffled and bleeding slightly on the wing and by the thigh, but was strong and apparently had not suffered anything more than some scratches from the net. He was an unwrung & and was processed as #322. Still looking strong and well, he was released at 1400. 29 October 1510. ♀16 here; chased nuthatch. 1520. ♂6 came with acorn. 1530. ♀261 went down to get a drink at the sport. 1540 leaving let us hope the newly banded bird made it through his ordeal. As for stores, there are lots, but I think they are uncountable. 9 November 1030. Watching. 1035. An unb bird just got chased from the locust. 1040. ♂6. ♀ 0-10th-LP#16. ♀ D8-CP/D8#261 here also. All working stores. 1110. The absence of #259 is certain. The presence of #322 questionable