1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes fomiscivorus Lambert Hastings Reservation 20 July 730. Watching. Nobody in the vicinity. 830. Nothing. Birds are clearly off somewhere (at the spring?) In fact, several of these birds are at the spring: see Journal. 29 July 800. Watching. 830. A ♀ passed through, but acted strangely and probably doesn't belong here. 840. ♂ Or / DS#202 in nest tree now. Pub joined him a few minutes later. 855. ♂ w/LB#118 (KeepOut) flew from near the corner of the fence to the lower snag in the nest tree here, where he ate some insects he apparently had been hawking. He then flew to the ValleyTale down on the Hastings side. He wasn't chased, but I didn't see any Lambert birds in the area either. Meanwhile, an adult ♀ (109, I imagine), was in middle tree, where 2 minutes later ♂118 flew with [illegible] half the inside of an acorn, which he clearly had pilfered from lamberts! 930. Pub went down, got an acorn from the Hastings fallen tree, and ate it. Leaving. Counted stores: 105, all in the Hastings fallen tree. 1 August 930. j o / D6-Or downslope towards Arnold Spring. 945. ♂114 in A3 (?) sap area; see A3 notes. 1030. ♂202 and Pub working stores in Hastings Fallen tree. 1045. ♂202 in Middle tree with KO birds (see KeepOut notes). 1100. ♂202 now over in field up from KO (same area where ♂114 was at 945: [illegible] ) ♂114 still here, eating green acorns (bellozgii) AM... [illegible] BP-WH(?) / M #283 here; picked a BlueOak acorn to eat. 1110. j "" 1125. j283 now in KeepOut territory; at least one Adult here: [illegible]