1978 Walter D. Koenig Malamerpes formicivorus Read I Hastings Reservation (19 February) Counted stores: Main tree: 1211 (have they moved a lot into here? possibly recovered from the sycamore?) Remains of sycamore: 31 Others: 62 Total 1304 21 February 1415. Watching the fallen sycamore to see if I can catch (see) some birds salvaging acorns. 1515. Juncos, Titmice, and Varied Thrushes have done some hopping around on the limb, and there have been lots of AW's flying back and forth, but none of them came down to or near the limb. For now I'm going to mark a bunch and leave. I marked 10 blocks of acorns, 20 per block, for a total of 200 spread out on the main fallen trunk (7 blocks) and 2 small limbs placed next to it (2 and 16 blocks). 23 February 1000. No major depletion of the acorns in the fallen limb: Black-17; Red-17; LG-20; Yel-20; DG-19, Tan-20, white-20; DBlue-19; Rad-20; D.BI-20. (total 193) 2 March 1230 Checked the marked acorns, which have disappeared rapidly: Black-limb gone entirely; Red-1; LG-3; Yel-12; DG-4; Tan-7; White-18; DBlue-5; Rad-O; DBlue-4 (total 54/180) Most had disappeared entirely, though some were still in their holes empty, eaten apparently by a jay or some such. Being quite impressed, I checked the granary (briefly (the light is none-too good) and found but 1 marked (Red) acorn! 11 March 1030. The fallen sycamore is essentially depleted of acorns, marked or no. While driving up I finally flushed an AW