1993 1994 Walter Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack HNHR 29 January Counted stores: Main tree: 1814? 2184 2° tree: 370) Not particularly impressive for this group. Granary, in fact, is only haphazardly stuffed with acorns, certainly not more than ½ filled. What's going on up here? 3 April 1100. Acorns remaining here- lots. 24 April 1430. Bird in traditional hole in the granary. Checked it: 6 fresh eggs, 4 of which are regular, 1 of which is quite small but still normal, and 1 of which is a definite runt. 27 April 1400. Bird in hole: still 6 eggs including the runt. Eggs warm. 25 May 1500. Banded & bled the 4 babies here. 9 July Stores remaining (plenty) 1994 20 January 1100. Counted stores: HNHR. Not particularly full, but 4250{ → 3735 (Main tree) in decent shape. → 515 (2° tree) I est. ~80% full. 23 May 1630. Checked for 2nd nest: only sign was a bird flushed from or near the traditional hole (1st nest hole), but I checked it and it is empty. Plenty of stores left here. 29 May 1410. Bird in the hole again, but - it's still empty (!) 5 June 1050. This time: 6 eggs, fairly fresh. ① 25.8 × 20.1 ② 25.5 × 20.5 ③ 25.6 × 21.2 ④ 25.5 × 20.5 ⑤ 25.2 × 21.0 ⑥ 25.0 × 21.4 21 July Unsurprisingly, there are still stores here.