1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes fomivivorus 1500 Hastings Reservation 3 February 1330. Watching. 1345. OD or-/wr-da #297 in tree 3 doing some hawking. 1355. @ LB/IP #296 now in tree 3 also. 1400. @ FDBRW#348 and @ LG-DG/ yel #298 in tree 1; 298 eating an acorn. 1405. @ Red/#88 + 3-4 others all converged in tree 2. I think they must be dive-bombing squirrels over here. 1410. That's all, in any case. Going to count stores. Stores: tree 1: 1566 tree 2: 660 TOTAL 2226. Doing quite well. A sample of ~40 acorns was taken from tree 2. 16 March 1840. Right at the very last minute several birds appeared very briefly in Tree 4, where it appeared as though they may have roosted. At least one bird, however, flew across the creek, back to Tree 1, and then back across the creek, apparently roosting in one of the larger oaks next to or near the road. 31 March 1500. Counted stores: Tree 1: 554 Tree 2: 138 692 8 April Set up a trap at the roost hole in the Main tree (Tree 1). 9 April 600. Caught @88 and @296, the only 2 roosting in the hole (the others may have roosted in 1858's old nest tree, now still possibly part of 1500). I wingstreamed them, let @296 recover, and released them. It worried me, however- the entire situation- @88 roosting here at the last minute, etc., was almost like they had eggs here already. I certainly hope not to have messed up a nest!