Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4446
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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