1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Road 1 Hastings Reservation (3 July) all flushed far up the hillside (up to the ridge in several cases), before much more could be ascertained. There were lots of birds, however. 28 July 1800. $181 and $222 in nest tree when I drove by (latter in a hole). Counted stores: Valley Oak: 728 ? 839 Sycamore nest: 111 31 July 745. Watching. Still cool with low clouds. 835. Several birds have now finally. One got chased briefly. Seen: (1) $ or/la/ - #69; (2) $^Lp/#72. (3) $^M^-#293. (4) $ub. (5) $181. Cub got an acorn from the storage tree; otherwise there's a lot of tapping going on in several areas. (6) $DBLW#222. 855. Another brief chase of an intruder. Several birds above me on the hill. 905.(2) PRW#83 being harassed by a jw. Who wasn't seen. 930.(3) $ r-w-r, #180; wing streamer probably gone. Birds still mostly up above me with 1 or 2 flying down into view periodically. 940. Both (3) j294 and (10) j295 together in storage tree. 945. j294 trying to dislodge marked acorn in the storage tree. j293 looking over stores also. 1000. In storage tree right now: Cub, $72, j295; $72 drilling at stores. 1010. Another brief chase of an intruder by Cub. (10) OrLW#182 by road. 1100. 3 $s in storage tree; hawking. $181 squaw displaying - $72, by the way, has very conspicuous tail bars. 1107. 3 birds atop storage tree: j293 right next to $72, $181 just below them. $181 chattering and begging occasionally. j293 is sideways on the limb, oblique with his tail toward $72. His head is down in a clearly submissive posture. $72 looks at him, and possibly has pecked at him already, but the first act I see