1981 Walfert D. Koenig Melanopes fomiceivorus Fanny Arnold Hastings Reservation 26 April 1025-1050. After flushing a Starling out of A3's old nest hole here on the hillside just over the HNHR-Lambert boundary I sat and watched, only to discover that at least 2 and maybe 3 AW's are hanging out here - eating acorns, sitting, even chasing an intruder - in short, acting every bit as though they've made a bonifide group here. This area does, in fact, have some storage facilities which were used by A3 back in 1974-75 and did have some acorns last winter (hopefully I wrote the date in my notes somewhere!). Furthermore, I have previously followed birds here, most of whom were always unbanded, with an occasional (apparent) visitor from a nearby group (e.g. Lambert) showing up. Watching now I again did not see anyone who was banded, though I may or may not have seen everyone (I don't think I saw a 4!). In any case, my guess at the moment is that there is a group here (how they are again - waking to each other!) and that we better start paying some attention to it! (The group appears to use the hillside here, spilling over (extensively?) onto Lambert's. Since A3's old granary no longer exists, however, this group gets "new territory" status. In particular, I can definitely envision such a group existing concurrently with old A3, with the latter simply avoiding this edge.) 1055. The Starling just landed at the hole and was decisively shagged off by one of the Woodpeckers! Not only are the birds here acting territorial, but there are still acorns remaining in the (small see 12 Jan. general M.f. notes