1980 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus School Hill Hastings Reservation 19 January 1500. Watching from hide. 1515.① ♀DB/wn-DB #523 - one of the fall babies. * 1530. Intruder by herself in tree 1: ♀M/red . Flew off after a minute toward 1500 (was not chased). Oops- may have been j524 after all and not an intruder If so, both fall babies are ♀♀. In fact, it looked as though she had a dark eye, was :: a 1st-yr bird, and also :: most likely ♀524. 1615 Leaving. It's getting too cold to sit and wait for the adults. 24 February 1550. Counted stores: Tree 2 - Hard limb: 900 } Rest of tree: 1031 {2217 Tree 1: 286) The hard limb begins where the bark falls off. I counted it 2 ways: by climbing up into the tree and counting most of it up there and by from the ground. By the latter method, which is how I usually do it, I only got ~600; thus, from henceforth I can probably assume to have counted about • 2/3 of the acorns in that limb when I count it from the ground. Only 1 bird, ③♀DR-DA(n) #524 came and ate an acorn in the granary while I was up writing by the hide. There are no stores or sign of birds at School Hill "B". 6 April ♀♀523 and 524 at Plague in a Revolution. See Plague notes.