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1980 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes fornicivorus
Plague
(15 February) most excited about it was 3521, the baby.
10 March
1600. 3521 fiddling about in the telephone pole.
23 March
This morning, while up here with Rocky's class telling
them about Woodpeckers, I saw all 4 of the residents
here. At one point the 1st year 3522 flew up to the
Blue Oak by the cabin to chase out a Sapsucker,
following which she sapsucked herself for quite a
while. Otherwise the birds were flycatching and
moving stores around.
April
John Davis pointed out a Crow here who was
apparently stealing stored acorns. The bird would
take an acorn and then sit in the Plague tree while
2-3 Acorn Woodpeckers would mob him. [illegible]
[illegible] This activity failed to nonplus the
Crow, however, who just sat dealing with the
acorn until he finally decided to fly off. This
scenario apparently reoccurred several times.
Later today a Starling was here, but was
quickly and expediently chased away from the area
several times by the woodpeckers.
6 April
1645. An intruder here Carricked several times, arousing
the ire of at least 2 residents, who karrit-cutted and
flew to the top of the Plague tree. When the intruder
then flew into Plague, he/she was immediately chased.
Later, I found out that Greg Butcher (here visiting
Par) had first seen an intruder here at about 1530.
This intruder was very persistent. In watching at