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1977 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
Plague
Hastings Reservation
20 May
815. ♀157 atop Plaque w/ ♂361. ♂22 joined. All flycatching.
♂361 to Sycamores by footbridge.
825. ♀ in Sycamore, ♂22 atop Plague, ♂361 by upper barn.
♀ to Plaque, drilling acorn. ♂22 atop Plague; Carricked; ♂361 joined him.
835. ♂22, ♀157 atop 2º tree. ♀ub intruder here along with
♂22 atop Plague, NOT CHASED by ♂22; ♀ub flew to 2º tree.
♀157 not seen.
844. ♀ub flew up Madrone Canyon
845. ♂22 atop Plague; 846. ♀ landed at Plague, ♀ub intruder also;
♀ub getting actively displaced by ♀157 only; meanwhile
♂361 joined them. All 3 hawking once ♀ub gone.
850. ♂22, ♀157 atop 2º tree, ♂361 atop Plague. ♂361 flew
across to side of Watertank Hill, ♀ now chasing an intruder in
Blue Oak up towards MacRoberts. ♂361, ♂22 there now.
855. ♂22 back in Plaque; other 2 up above logs (not together).
905. Bird flew down to main bridge or beyond (intruder?) ♀157
atop Plague. ♂361 atop 2º tree.
915. ♂361, ♀157 hawking from Sycamore up Madrone Canyon 250m
past upper barn. ♂22 atop 2º tree
920. ♂361, ♀157 still hawking up canyon. Leaving.
21 May
1035. ♀ atop Plague; ♂22 low in 2º tree, ♂361 in trees by U.barn
1040. ♂22 to Plague, ♀ giving several Carricks now (♂22 not near
her). 1044. Now ♀ flew down, displaced ♀ub intruder in Plague.
1045. ♂22, ♀ in Plague, ♂361 still by barn.
1055. ♀ still in Plague, just displaced intruding ♀ again. ♂22 still in
same tree, ♂361 still over by barn.