1983 R.C. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Pipeline 17Jan **GROUP UPDATE** ① ⑥660 (Plaque), ⑨⑨703 + 704 founded Pipeline 15 Sept 1982 ± 2weeks. ⑥660 last seen at Plaque 16Aug, gone by 5Oct. ⑨⑨703 +704 first seen near Pipeline on 4Oct. 7March Watching here, 1445. Pipeline is pretty impressive, now. The residents have drilled ~100 storage holes in the original sycamore to supplement our artificial limbs What's more, the granary looks like its essentially full. A second roost hole has been constructed in the granary; 1630 The birds here are still hard to see. ⑥660 DBlue-wht (N)/M put in a brief appearance in the granary, but that was it. 23March Trying 0910. Unfortunately, I flushed two birds as I walked up, much as I tried to avoid doing that. I'm sitting, fairly well hidden, under a Live Oak NW of the granary. The granary here is jammed full of acorns, All (or nearly all) Live Oak, Yellow/Nave 0920, Quick success ⑦703 and ⑦704 LARK/BIK put in brief appearances, following a few garricks from S of the granary. Don't know who was doing that 0935, ⑥660 DBlue-wht (N)/M also appears, so that wraps up a full census. 5April walk by at 1045, flush 3 birds out of the lower of the two granary holes! Looks like that hole is a likely candidate for nesting.