1980 Walter D. Koenig Melanarpes fomincivorus Road 1 Hastings Reservation 8 January Purge: #3486. last seen 21 August by Ron Mumme, gone by 5 November → Disappeared about 28 Sept. ± 1 month Add: #383. Formerly of Road 3; last seen there on 25 August (caught in ambush). Not seen there during nest watches of 12-30 October. First seen at Road 1 on 5 November → Moved here as Adult 18 Sept. (± 2 weeks) 20 January 1130. Watching from hide. 1148. (1)♀ yel-da/yel #383 in Sycamore at Road briefly. 1203. (2)♂ DB/Red-wh #486 (!) arrived in granary with a (probably newly harvested) Live Oak acorn. He's here after all! 1205. #383 storing in the sycamore joined by (3)♂ or/DB-lgt#294. 1255. Got her: (4)♀ DB wh/wht (wh #269 in Sycamore over by nest tree. Very little activity up around the granary today, but everyone here at least. Leaving. 2 February 1535. (1)♀ DB wh/wht #269 plus a 2nd bird in the sycamores by the 79 nest area. 23 February 1300. Counted stores: Main Tree 1236? 2059 sycs, etc.: 823 (Includes trees by the creek as well as the perch sycamore along the road). Birds were here, but hiding for the most part. 1340. (1)♀ yel-da/yel #383, (2)♂ M/wh-DB#269, and (3)♂ or/DK-yel#294 all up in the perch area of Valhalla up above the road on the ARF side hawkings. 18 April 1600. Checked the nest (not the same hole as last year - but still a very difficult one ~3-4' lower) and found 2 fresh eggs. Ron's been watching here lately, so see his notes for more details. I also sawed open the hole to facilitate things later on. (go to p.3)