1979 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Plague. 4 February 1030. There was just a chase here, with one bird getting chased from the Plague tree out of the area by another (presumably the resident). 1035. (D) 3/4a/wn #473 in tree 2. 17 February 1300. 1♂ atop Plague. Counted stores: 214 (all but 7 in Plague). 24 February Ron saw ♂473 here today. 28 February Jim Griffin reports having seen 1 or 2 crows sitting on one of the dead storage limbs here this morning stealing acorns while an AW tried in vain to dissuade them from the pilfering. 11 March 1035. Heard a waka here and indeed there was a bird here- so I looked and it turned out to be ♀ M/LS /wn-Red #482, one of the ♀♀ I caught last month at Buckeye. She immediately flew to the telephone pole and checked out the holes there, then flew to the 20 tree. 1200. ♀482 still here; also a ♂, presumably ♂473. There are some stores left here, but I decided to begin priming them with added ones so I put a limb up with 100 good acorns into Plague at 1230. Count of stores not counting my addition: 172 (not bad!) 1500. ♀ on the added limb when I passed by. 12 March 910. A ♀ is preening in 20 tree: ♀ M/LS #482. Looks pretty certain that's she's intent on staying. 13 March Add (hopefully not too hastily): ♂482. Moved as adult ~10 March 1979. 14 March 1825. I flushed 1 bird apparently roosting in the Blue Oak by the labs; he went and sat up in the Blue Oak towards MacRoberts, alone for some time before I lost track of him. In any case, there was no indication of their being a 2nd bird here, and so my guess