1981 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack Hastings Reservation (9 April) 1635. ③♀M/DP #524 seen. 16 April 1145. ①♀Red-w/r/H/R #604 in granary; she gave 2 short Garricks. Not a lot of activity; some sapsucking, otherwise there appears to be 1 intruder and that's it. 1200. ②♂DB-w/?? #461 here. ⑤♂M/De. #307. ④♀M/De #524. 23 April 1430. #523 flushed out of the 1980 nest hole! I quick climbed up and opened it: fortunately, nothing yet. But the time is drawing near! (*♀M? seen.) 24 April 550. Watching granary and '80 nest hole. 557. Someone here Garricking (in large Valley Dale up the hill). 605. 4 birds here now. 65. ①♂ #307; ②♀DG-BP(w)/Wn#524. (Wing Str. on ♂307 seen). 670. Intruder: unbounded♂ here, being chased. 630. ③♂M/LB-Wn #461. Someone is Garricking persistently up in the VO up the hill. ④♀ M/Ret-DB #523. 639. The bird up the hill just Garricked 14 times in the last 60s. 645. ♀ intruder here; chased softly. Still someone Garricking off in the periphery (one of the younger set of Sch. Hill 99?) 720. Just went out and checked the bird Garricking up the hill (she continues to set new records: I just counted 30 garricks in 1 min!). She is ♀Red-w/N #604. Interestingly, the other birds just ignore her as far as I can tell. In any case, I'd say the odds of her staying and breeding here along with her older sibs are on the low side. 728. The birds were just over checking out the old nest hole in the Blue Oak. 810. A bird (presumably #604) is still garricking persistently off in the periphery.