1981 R.L. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Haystack-Blomquist Hastings Reservation 21 Jan start 0900 granary census on bark. 0955, nobody yet in granary, but I spot ♂173 and ♀484 camped out sapsucking or/blk light/blk in a Valley oak NNW of the granary, ♂173 or/m, ♀484 light/blk Looks unpromising for ♂576. No sign of him. The sapsucking is occurring in the big Poison oak infested Valley Oak~75 m NNW of the granary, on a nearly horizontal limb, upper middle. Plus a branch above that one. End 1115 7 March start 0910. Granary census on bark. ♂173 or/m and ♀484 Teller-Blue/blk here as always. Not much action in the sap tree of 21 Jan, ♀484 there briefly, but that was it. Not much flycatching, either. Working acorns in granary a lot. No sign of ♂576, so he must certainly be dead (1 Jun ± 3 weeks). End 1050 5 April A look here at 0945. ♂173 or/m, ♀484 both here, but a lot of other birds hanging around. Possibly some 1800 birds in the nest tree area, others on top of Haystack, in the many-holed Valley oak, Etc. Doesn't look seriously like a nest anytime soon. ♂173 flew away from the ♀ for one long period, ♀484 did chase two bluebirds away from a cavity in the multi-holed tree in a vertical broken stub in the center of the tree (hole faces granary) 1 High flying Coopers Hawk. End 1030. 24 April Introduced egg (from Plaque birds) into nest hole here, after Mary reported interest in this hole. I also stay around to try to get a picture, but nothing results. Birds (both ♂+♀) came to the hole a lot for a constant war with a pair