1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus MacRoberts (15 April) 1005. An u6 & Carrick several times nearby, then flew to the granary, drummed once, wrinkled several times, and generally acted pretty uppity. (an wrk grating into a wake). Noone else did anything about it.(there isn't any- one else here). 1010. Another bout much like earlier: 8 Carricles, finally flies to granary. 8ub flies to granary. Then the 8 begins walking, moves up tree to displace a 2nd 8 who had landed near the 8. She chases the 8 off, 8 hawks and gets an insect. 25 April 1645. Nobody here; even checked the '75 nest area. 12 May 1345. Nobody here. 26 May 1315. " " 4 July 940. " " . Place looks pretty thoroughly deserted. 28 August 1930. No sign of acorns or birds here yet. 21 September 1100. Just as I looked at one of the Blue Oaks up here, and saw some acorns in the tree and said to myself "any year there are acorns up here there ought to be birds living here" an ALV flushed from the granary. Several minutes later both a 8 ant 8 landed briefly and in quick succession atop the granary. Looks as though a group may actually be reestablished here. 8 October 1620. A 8 landed in the granary here as I walked up. Several acorns can be seen stored here. 1623. 8ub landed here briefly. Counted 24 acorns here. Not a lot, but already more than the old group managed to get last year. Clearly there is a group here! Birds have clearly been interested in this area as far back