R.C. Munne 1983 Melanerpes formicivorus Gate 6 March After big storms, the hanging limb here finally fell ~ 1 March. Today, with Susan + Philips help, we manage to salvage a fair number of storage holes + corns and return them to the tree. 5 April ** GROUP UPDATE ** ① 9519 removed 15 March 1983. 16 April Wild things going on here; At 0845 I come by + find a POWER STRUGGLE in progress. Amazingly, 4 new 99 are in control of the main storage area and waiting with 8627 a lot (+ some with 8626). But the 4 99 are the presumed 5 that moved 40f to Westgate: 8854 c6m-Yellow/CPi-5, 8856 Yellow-Red / M / CPi-5, 8856 " / Black, and 2 9 NB. 9789 + 791 of Gate here, but seem to be relegated to the uppermost branches of the granary. Saw 9789 chased around a bit by a 9 NB ! Unfortunately, the key bird in all this for Susan is 8790, + he seems not to be around. 19 April Watching here 1110-1210. Seems to be all over. The 2 9 NB, 8854, 8856 have total dominion over the granary They are waiting with 8626, 8627, + (fortunately) 8790, though the last still seems not in the mainstream. At least 8790 was seen twice in the granary. The 99 helpers seem to have been excluded from the granary. I saw 8788 + 8791 perched in the VOs in the flat between Gate + Wgate, and I got the distinct impression that other birds were there, too.