1979 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes fomicevorus Plague Hastings Reservation (5 October) 1506.8 by himself over by the upper barn, just sitting. 1510. Quiet. Leaving for now. 1705. (1)♀ LB1/wrn-#482 over past the Pumphouse with (9)j blk-w/m #521. 8' here also. So one of the kits has made it, at least. 1715.30° LA/M #473 in Plague tree. 10 October 1020. Atop Plague is the ♀ and j/any-da-ca(in) #522. ♀ LB#482 seen. Counted stores: Plague tree 418 2° tree 1 } 499 Tel. Pole ~80 (stuff in holes) 13 October 834. (1) j blk-w/m/or #521 and (3)♂LG #473 atop 2° tree. Juv. joined briefly by (1)♀ M/LB #482 with an acorn. 3 November 1603. j521 in Plague tree. 11 December 1430. Watching. (1)j M/Dx-LG(in)#522 in 2° tree. Picked an acorn. 1140.(2)j black-or #521. Both babies still 8-type. 1520.(3)♀ M1 #482 sitting around. Also (4)♂LG/M #473 off in the back. Everyone here. Going to count stores, etc. Counted stores: Plague tree: [illegible] 2° tree: 55 } [illegible] 1396 Tel pole: 200 (est.- the roost hole is full of acorns) And they may not be done yet- there are still acorns in the trees here. Even the limb I put up in the Plague tree from Chongo was filled with nearly 80 acorns! I also collected a sample of 50 stored acorns from Plague, replacing them with ones of my own. 12 December 1500. Took some pictures of the holes in the telephone pole stuffed full of acorns. Also added a sample of 25 acorns from one of them to the 50 I got yesterday.