Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4446
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1980 Walter D. Koenig Melanarpes formicivorus Upper Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation 5 August 1000. Counted stores: O. (They ran out rather quickly here!) I did hear ≥2 birds here, including 1 juv. 3 October 930. Still O stores here. I didn't see anyone here in passing. 9 October 1130. Noone seen here in passing. Still no acorns stored, either. 22 October 915. Flushed 1 bird here and noted quite a few stored acorns while setting up the hide. 24 October 920. Watching. Flushed 1 bird from the granary when I arrived along with a bird in the upper end (the Tall Valley Oak toward LA2 at the edge of the field) who was ?or-DB/or- ?? This bird proceeded to flush over to A1! 1000.①?wn-or/wh-or#621 here in the granary for a few minutes. 1028.②♂m/da-wr #590(!) here shagging out a nut hatch. 1048.③♀BP/da-BP(w)#59( in granary. 1120. That's good enough for now. No storing was taking place, but everyone would appear to be here. 29 November 1330. Counted stores: Main tree: 1184 ? 1668. 20 tree: 484 I saw several birds flush when I started counting.