1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Haystack-Blomquist Hastings Reservation 28 January 1240. While sitting on storage tree on Hastings side, I saw watched ♀ Wh-DP/Or #247 sapsuck (for sure) in a Q.lobata about 90m WSW along the fence line on Blomquist's side. The holes were near the top of the tree, where I observed her for some time. 1246. She went on one hawking flight, then returned to the sap holes. 1252. Noone else has shown up. Going to check stores. 1255. The ♀, still in the sap area, is occasionally stretching out and grabbing insects flying around her with her bill (her body being otherwise stationary). ⚪♂ ORW#246 is up with her capsucking now. 1300. ⚪♀ 4el/81k #196 (wing streamer lost) arrived, joined ♀ sapsucking. ♂ 246 has left. 1303. ⚪♂ Unbanded #329 has joined the other 2 to sapsuck. 1315. going to check stores. Acorn count: 980 Marked acorns: 47/75 found, 7 of which had been moved. 1400. ⚪♂ chased a Nuthatch out of the storage tree, despite my presence here. Others have threatened birds in the sap area including Nuthatches and Yellow-rumped Warblers, both apparently going after the sap. During this period ①,③, and ④ were all conspicuous; other juv. still not seen and is conspicuously absent. 5 February 930. I flushed 4 birds who had all been sitting quietly in the sap tree as I wandered up to take pictures in the 3" of snow that was still falling. They were not actually feeding when I