1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Chonge Hastings Reservation 23 May 1005. Arrived. In hide. Nobody. 1015. A ♀ over by sycamore, sat only a short 15 seconds before flying down in the canopy of the same area (to the holes?) 1022. ①♀CB-Red/Yel #1 working stores in main tree; ②♂DB/wh-#252 here also, extra displaced a 2nd ♂(intruder) from the tree. 1024. ♂ub working stores now in storage tree. 1030. ♂ub still sitting in granary. Nobody else is evident. 1046. ♂ub in granary; 3-4 others over by sycamore eating acorns, etc. ③♂CB/wh-#234 seen over there. 1050. Birds have left, possibly going upcanyon and upslope a ways rather than across. I'm going to check holes. 1100. Nobody in holes, but my guess is that they will do me proud and eventually nest over here in the sycamore (where the Pygmy Owl no longer seems to be living - perhaps it was he who has precipitated the delay). 27 May 1000. In hide. 1015. Still nobody here. Birds are apparently across the gulch, where I hear some calling. 1027. An unringed ♂ and ♀ have appeared in the storage tree, but it's not clear who they are or what they're doing here. 1030. ♂ just chased the ♀, who looked rather out of place. She is now just below the hide. No vocalizations at all. 1031. ♀ unringed back in storage tree. 1035. Now 2 unringed ♀♀ in tree; unringed ♂ joined from across the gulch. ♀ finally flew off (presumably The intruder) up Red Hill. 1040. Birds are mostly hawking, but one just flew to the sap tree. 1050. Birds are now hawking in the small trees above the hide.