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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.