1982 R.C. Manne Melanerpes formicivorus Pipeline 27 oct Hallelujah!! At long last, PIPELINE IS OCCUPIED! Passing by at 1100, I find 3 birds in the granary. One is DBlue / wht, formerly of Plague! A good 1 mile disposal for a ♂, yet, may be close to a record. One of the two others was, as expected, ♀704 UPN-D6rn/M I suspect the third bird was ♀703. These two warp 5 ♀♀ had been seen here, off t or, for some weeks now. The clincher today is that there are stored acorns here (~20) Also heard the 3 birds waka to each other. 1130, confirm ♀703 Yellow/Mauve Saw ♀704 store an acorn, all she and ♂660 pecked into the roost hole in the granary. Great!! Its official! 1140, Also, in the top, dead stub of a sycamore, 20 m fresh Not of the granary along the creek, is a hole that appears to be under construction. A bit earlier I saw ♂660 fly to the granary from that direction with a mouth full of sawdust. Hole is certainly accessible by extension ladder, possibly by tree climbing.