1981 R.L. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus 3 1800 28 April Start 1500. ♂♂ very tightly following ♀ 193. Also saw a nice mounting between ♂478 + ♂347, about 1625. No aggression, pecking, etc. as they mounted each other briefly (< 1sec). Couldn't catch who mounted who first. Occurred on horizontal branch or very top of granary. Complete census: ♂561, ♂562, ♂564, ♀565 all seen quite well. 1700, another ♂♂ mounting. After flying back to the granary, the 2 ♂ loaded next to each other on horizontal branch near the top of tiny granary. ♂478 made a feeble attempt to mount ♂347, but did little more than to "rubbing". ♂347 then fully mounted (for about 1sec) ♂473. No pecking or aggression. End 1710. 29 April Start 1645, 1735, wow, a real copulation, between the two ♂♂, ♂478 + ♂347. The core 3 flew out of the sap tree, to the granary. ♂347 + ♂473 loaded together on a horizontal limb. ♂478 then mounted ♂347 briefly, then ♂347 gave ♂478 what appeared to be a full-fledged copulation; Bizarre. Good cloacal contact 4-5sec duration, tail twist. Talk about kinky sex. I've seen a couple of other ♂-♂ mounting today, but nothing like that. 1900, ♂478 "gets screwed" by ♂347 in the same circumstances, Very strange. 1810. Another ♂-♂ copulation. This time ♂476 initiated by flying to the side of ♂347. 347 mounted briefly, the 476 "copulated" with 347, although it was of less duration (about 2 seconds) than the previous. ♂1842 ditto