1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Black Oak Hastings Reservation 17 February 1125. Watching. Nobody seen upon arrival. 1130. Found them. Birds are sap sucking in a small Live Oak near here. (1)♂wn-rei/wn#410. (2)♀red-rt/ree#320. Still here after all! 1202. [illegible]/#102 up in the perch tree. →Wrong! He's ♂red/dg-ra#428! 1215. More birds sap sucking: (4)♂dg/or-wrn#426. 1225. (3)♂wn/yel#102 (now!) over across field a short ways. 1255. 2nd♀ now in sap tree: (6)♀red/m#427. 1310. Birds are also going back into the forest and eating some oak buds; nobody here has consumed an acorn yet! 1325. Looks good here with ♂? , but my looks and their visibility (fair to poor while sap sucking) don't warrant a firm conclusion on ♂321. 1335. Got him! (3)♂reddish - #321. That's it. Leaving. 13 March 1200. Counted stores: central area: 793 Side area: 12 } 805 18 April 1450. Nobody in any known holes here. All dead quiet. 27 April 840. Nobody in any holes. Quite a few (5-6) birds up in the perch area towards the field, however. So the I've only identified (1)♀red/m#427, however (plus at least 1 other♀ here). 852.(3)♂wn/yel#102 900. Bad news: there is definitely an ub♀ about 25 ft away from me eating acorns in the granary. Argh! What's up? (At this point I have to assume she's an intruder until I see her here with others or at a nest). Looks like a good time to leave before somebody else like her shows up. 906. I think I may be ok but that something funny may in fact be going on with the ♂♂ here - there are too many of them and a little too much activity