1977 Walter D. Beering Melanerpes formicivorus Pump Hastings Reservation (13 November) that I've caught here in the past 2 weeks do in fact live here. 1140, 8'430 seen better in granary. 1145. Looks good here. Those 3 birds may very well be it! 20 November No birds seen but still plenty of stores in the Willow and only 1 or 2 in the Valley Oak. 27 November 1325. After sitting here a short time I got 2 of the 3: (1)♀or/DB#429 and (2)♂M/DG-LB #432. Still looks like there are few if any stores in the Valley Oak. No ♂ seen. 4 December 1500. 368 acorns counted in the Willow Granary. Still no sign of any stores in the Valley Oak (!) 12 December 1520. ♂M/DB #430 sitting in the Willow next to the granary. 1535. (1)♀or/M#429 flushed from the Willow next to the granary to the large VO on the other side of Berta's pond, where ♀M #432 was sitting. ♂M/DA#430 then joined them there. There seems also to maybe have been an intruder here. 1540. 2 birds now flying off towards MacRoberts (behind the knoll). ♀429 begged submissively when landing near ♂432, by the way. 19 December The inevitable occurred - While on our way out to Christmas shop, we noticed that the entire Willow granary here was down on the ground! Unfortunately the storm we had 2 days ago was too much for it (it literally broke right at the roots). At least one bird flushed when we went to look, so my only hope now is to move some of the storage limbs up into the Valley Oak. 20 December Put a fallen limb from MacRoberts (235 acorns) and a part of the willow (105 acorns) up in the Valley Oak next to the other limb.