1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus 9 Hastings Reservation 261f (3 June) closely by 8261. 1910. In mid-lewll somewhere. Now in Blue Oak sap tree. 1912. 8 to small Blue Oak (to water hole). 1913. To VO by fence. Followed by 88. 1914. To back of barn. 8Y seen there. Others now returning from across the road. Disappeared. 1925. All 4 behind barn again. 1933. 8 to water through, followed by 8. 1945. 8 sitting behind barn, 8RR nearby. 1950 888 8 to Live Oak across road, followed by 2 88. 2025. Still have not seen/heard/found them again. 2042-8Y in staging tree (alone), flushed to '75 nest tree. At dusk, I watched the sycamore, where 1 bird (8Y?) did return and roost, but there was no real staging, and except perhaps for a 2nd bird maybe roosting there also I don't know where the others roosted- 4 June 630. One bird only behind barn. Nobody else seen. (Probably 8Yel) 645. Another on side of School Hill, (not in canyon). None in hole. 650. 3 to Blue Oak sap tree from front of barn. 8RR and 8261 2 of them. 8261 to ground by '75 nest tree, pecking at ground. 702. 8RR+8261 still here on lewll. 8Yel at barn doing some chasing of intruders. (Only bird here). 713. 8 now flew to front of barn, followed by other 2 88. Still nobody really close to anyone else. 715. 8 hawked, went to back of barn. 718. 8 and at least 1 8 hawking in sycamore along creek towards Plague. 722. 8 to front of barn. 8Yel to back of barn; 88RR, 261 joined 8 in front of barn. 724. 8 eating acorn. 732. 8 to sycamore by creek again. 734. 8 back to front of barn. 742. 2-3 birds behind barn now. 745. 8 in sycamores along creek. 747. All behind barn. 749. A chase in the sycamore. 753. I've lost everyone. 755. Someone behind barn again, 758. 8Yel displacing an intruder (8?). 8 intruder now in front of barn, softly Carrickling. 8Yel still here. Other 3 residents gone. 800. 8RR chased the intruder.