1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Chonge Hastings Reservation (30 August) very likely gone. Others will be checkable as soon as storing- begins in earnest. ✓ Stores here, as expected, are exhausted. 9 October 1000. Net up, watching from hide. 1023.①♀ub hawking over by the nest tree. 1039.②♀ "DE-Red #369, hawking in the storage tree. 1047. ②♂ub. 1113. ♂ub, ♀369, and ①③DB/LP-LB#252 over by the nest area. 1130. Caught ③252 in the net. 1150. Back watching. 1215.②♂ 4g/4g #370! 1250. Leaving to put up traps. The birds aren't around enough to make this especially profitable today. 10 October $730. The ambush, done only on the roost hole in the far Blue Oak up on the hill, was moderately successful. Apparently only were 3 birds roosted there - the first got away, the 2nd I nearly squashed between the tree and the trap but turned out to be ♂319 and apparently unharmed, while the 3rd was by good fortune an unbanded ♂, now ♂424. Since I could not find anyone else roosting on this side of the canyon, I presume the others might be over in that tree way upon Buckeye. 14 October 1725. Here watching. (with the net up) for another short stint. 1745. !①♂18/wn-DP#234. Not bad even if he's the only one I get. 1800. ②♀ub in the granary with an acorn. ③♂M/#252.④♂ 4g/4g #370. 1830.③♀B1k/4e(#368. 1835. Leaving. It's getting dark and the birds are in their "sitting around stage" prior to roosting.