1984 1985 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Fanny Arnold HNHR 9 September 900. Watched for ~15 min here and walked around, but saw no sign of stores or birds. 915. I take it all back! ①♀ wa-blk/m #834 and ?♂? DB-wa/DG #940, both in the smallish Valley Oak with the roost holes. There are birds here. 932. w6♂ in the Big Valley Oak poking around; doesn't look like he belongs here. 933. Chased out by 2 birds. 938. A bird flew in for a second with Yel (solid) on LL leg- but no one looks like this. 9834 is here again. 940. 9834 just picked an acorn, so the season is getting close. 1985 12 February 1145. Counted stores: 692. (!) This group now has a reasonable set of holes scattered about. Proposing new areas include a dead tree on the Al side of the ravine and (especially) the old nest tree, where they have ~250 holes stored in a couple of burned limbs. 23 April **Group Update** 8835. This bird was removed in Nov'83 and returned (along with 2 others) on 12 March 1984 but was never seen again → Dis. (Not seen after) 12 March 1984. 1645. Found the nest here - low in the smallish Valley Oak near the fence. The babies have just hatched (day 2 at most); there are 4 of them & no residual eggs. 3 May I did the watch here today and as this is the companion group to Keep Out for the brood size/feeding rate