1982 R.C. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack 8 Jan Watching here, 1010. 3 birds stripping moss of the old Blue Oak nest tree. 1035, 9614 " from Finch (!) intruding here chased mildly by 9587 untt BIK/BPak ♂461 DBlue-wnt/CBlue-wnt also seen, and I'm fairly certain M / Red-DBlue that I saw 9523 DBlue/wht-DBlue, but not absolutely positive. DBan-BPak (N)/White 1200. Finally, I caution 9523, 9524 M/Don-BPak (N) Complete census. Saw 9523 & 9587 doing a bit of Live Oak acorn storing toward the end of the watch. The acorns were coming from below the granary, in the live oaks bordering the field (I think). End 1200. 12 Jan ** GROUP UPDATE ① 9587 returns to Low Hay 28 sept 1981 ± 1 week Probably seen back on 5 Oct 1981, certainly on 1 Nov. Still absent on 20 Sept 30 Jan Granary census, 0830-1030. Lots of action, granary defense wise 2 ♀ intruders, 1 NB, and one ♂ read or-wht/or as Metal/, which could really only be ♀696 of 1800, who I hadn't seen since November. No storing, but I did see birds hassling a ♂ kestrel inspecting that hole in the 2° granary, plus a few scrub jay chases Actually, 9587 did store 1acorn late in the watch. She brought it in from the 2° area. Complete census, ♂461, 9523 9524, ♀587 all seen well. 10 Feb 1530 Counted stores: 2° granary 255 1° granary 3345 3600 TOTAL Also took a sample of ~40 acorns, replaced with my own.