1982 R.C. Mumme 4 Melanerpes formicivorus 1800 16Aug Counted stores, O84S: Fallen limbs 5 Odd limbs 0 1° granary 105 Getting low! 110 Total 21Aug 0800 Juv. 785 M/DBlue-Yellow intruding at Hay Blom and getting chased around by his older brother, J7862. A quick look at 1800 proper, 0900. ♀193, ♂476, J785 J786 J787 all here. Only J347 missing. Also juv. dom! Surprisingly, I saw J787 Red-Yellow/M take a short but sharp peck to J785, M/DBlue-Yellow. That means I now know that J787 > 785 > 786 (see 15July notes). Good. See Molly's notes for Juv dom, too. 6Oct Very good watch here, 1545-1700. Didn't watch from the usual spot, but cruised around the mistletoe tree area, because that's where the birds were hanging out. Anyway, ♂476, ♂347, ♀193, J785, J786, J787 all seen repeatedly and well. What's more, all three juvies are in ♀ plumage! We seem to have a real glut of 78 this year. 20Oct Good granary census from blind. All but ♀787 seen. 22Oct Another very good granary census. This time, everybody but Q785 seen. Also a superb little storing frenzy, and 21 acorns stored in the two hours Not bad.