1976 (Walter D. Koenig) Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold 3 (15 July) Hastings Reservation ♂ who landed on his back and pecked at him. The adult did not persist, though, and hopped off after a few seconds. The ♂ 2nd-year bird acted submissive, turning his head away and bending it in, and did not fly off. 1337. ⚪♂/♀/m #126 eating acorn, baby begging at him. ♂205 working stores nearby in same tree. 1415. Going over to UA2 to try for awhile. Nobody doing anything here at the moment. 1510. Back again. 1530. Nobody's down here; the calls I hear are coming from just over the fence, where I suppose them to be sapsucking. 1550. Things are ridiculously slow; the Set Weed Factor is great, but even it isn't going to keep me awake indefinitely. I should say, however, that I should have seen the 2 missing birds who were they here. The one missing juvenile is most likely gone. 16 July 740. Back again. ⚪ j/or/DB or #289 in storage tree; nobody seen at UA2. ♂ or/m #122 in perch tree toward Lamberts. 750. ⚪ back in storage tree with ⚪♂ DB-?/m #121. Several birds have flown over the fence onto Lamberts (sapsucking, I presume). 750. ⚪♂ub hawking in middle perch tree. 757. ⚪♂ub above granary. 800. ⚪♂/DB #128 now in tree above granary. ⚪♂ or/m #126 in granary. 810. ⚪128 apparently chased an intruder (?) briefly. ⚪j;288 in granary ⚪♂ o-w/qk-arm #120 and ⚪ub chasing intruder. 815. Success! ⚪♂M/LB/Red- #204 in perch tree above granary.