1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Road 3 Hastings Reservation 12 July 1025. (1)♂Dblue - #68 and (2) ♂/DP-or #272 in sycamore. Watching. 1025. Now (1) and (3) j.m/- #269 here. (4)♀265 here. Burts possibly flying down to sapsuck in the area on the NE side of the road. (5)j271 now here; j272 and j269 eating acorns 1040, (6)♂184 here; all 3 juvs in storage tree. (Finally lost his streamer). The juveniles still beg and squeeze at any adult in the vicinity, but when none are here they go ahead and drill at acorns anyway by themselves. They do this rather unconvincingly, to be sure, but not totally ineptly, as shown by the bits they eventually manage to extract. 1125. Juvs. still busy being fed in the storage area. leaving. Purge: j268 and j270. Not seen after banding. Disappeared about 30 May. As I was leaving, I found j271 in the sap area, most likely sapsucking. Only 2-3 flycatching flights were seen the entire time I was here. 16 July 1130.♀265 eating acorn in sycamore, (1)j269 begging. (3)j272 eating an acorn himself further up the branch. (4)♂268 around also. 1200. Everything pretty slow. I'm leaving. 28 July 1745. Counted stores: Valley Oak: 34 Sycamore: 190 Two birds in the vicinity, one in the same tree. 17 August 1500. Before sitting down to watch I meandered about to find several birds, some in odd places (see map). Seen were a juvenile, ♂ - #184 on the side of PO Hill up past the gate here (he flushed around the hill). ♀ Dblue/LP-IB #265 along the creek up past the gate; she flew down to the Live Oak sap tree across from the next tree. Now watching.