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1976 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Road 1
(18 November) 1135.⑤♂ub down in sycamore perch tree.
1140.⑥♀ red-wm /12# 180 down in the sycamore. This whole group
is amazingly ♀-dominated.
1145.⑥♂ub now in granary with 3 other birds.
1200. Leaving. Nobody in evidence.
23 November Purge:
③249. last seen 0 17 June. Gone by 31 July. Disappeared
about 9 July ± 2 wks.
11 December Counted stores: Main tree: 1340 )
Sync Nest tree: 708 } 2172
Misc (by creek): 124 )
1505. No birds at all anywhere near the storage areas.
Finally found several (3++) way up on the ridge of PO
Hill hawking from a Blue Oak; I presume they are these birds