1976 Walter J. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Road 3 Hastings Reservation (17 August) 1515. ♂ DB / #68 flew into the storage tree. 1530. j DB-w(n)/w#269, j or/ #272, plus the adult ♀ and ♂184 all appeared in the storage tree and began working at stores and eating acorns. 1538. All gone; 1or 2 possibly in sap area. 1545. Starting to rain (!) 1600. Everything pretty quiet (to say the least). I'm off. ✓ 1 September 1015. Counted stores: 24, all in the Valley Oak. 2 birds were seen in the vicinity. 12 September 1430. ♂ or/ ♂#68 eating acorn across the creek. ♀265 in same area. 1440. jor/DB-or #272 came to storage tree with a green acorn. 1450. leaving. 16 September 1700. As far as I could tell, an impressive 6 birds (as many as I believed to have been here in July) flushed when I arrived. The only bird remaining behind to continue eating her acorn was ♂ j♀ M/wn-DB #269 (molting to ♀). 1910. ♂♀ DB/wr-DB #265 returned. 1950. ♀ remained sitting here alone the whole time - the barmit-culted for awhile, but nobody ever responded. 1815. Back. ♀265 by slope of PO Hill. ♂ j♂ M/Red- #272 there also (still♂). 17 September 1910. ♂ j♂ wn-BDB/qDB-wrn#184 eating an acorn in the nest tree along with the other 2 adults (#265 and #68). 1950. Once again the ♀ returned and nobody else ever joined her. 24 September 1900. ♀265 in nest tree with a juv? who's eating an acorn.