1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Change Hastings Reservation 11 July 2030. As far as I could tell, nobody even came close to Red Hill at dusk to roost. 17 July 945. Watching from hide. 1015♀ub in storage tree. 1025. ♂ub and (2)♂DB/CP-18 #252 displaced a ♂ub from storage tree who was probably an intruder 1030. ♂ub now sitting unmolested; probably same bird as above. ♀ eating acorn (drilling at whatever remains) in storage tree. 1115. (1)♂DB/CP-18 #234 now in storage tree with a couple others. 1145. The 4 birds (2 banded ♂, 1ub♂, 1ub♀) who had been here for the last 20 minutes or so have left; me too. As I expected, there are no stores to be seen here; the birds are clearly working over what scraps are left scattered here and there in the storage tree. 23 July 800. Watching from hide. 810. (1)♀ub in main storage tree. 815. ♀ hawk[ing now]; no others yet. 823. (2)♂DB/CP-18 #252 in storage tree now with ♀ub. 840. 2+ birds are apparently sapsucking in the live oak just below the storage tree. 920. ♂252 in storage tree again; others nearby, still sapsucking. 923. ♂252 just scared off when a Golden Eagle landed briefly in the top of the tree. 940. ♂ub now in storage tree drilling at and eating a green acorn. 950. 3 birds here now: 1, 2, and (3)♂ub. 1000. 3♂88 here now; (4)♂ub. 1030. 1 juv. in the storage tree; tarsi not seen. Flew down