1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Plague Hastings Reservation 9 December Counted stores: Plague tree: 1135 2° tree: 102 Tel pole: 50 (over half as halves incervices) Barn: 4 Total 1291 10 December 1600. #157 plus a ♂ flushed from Plague. No 3rd bird seemed to be in the vicinity. 17 December 1620. An unbanded ♂ flushed from the 2° tree and flew over to the trees in the row by the upper barn. Apparently he does still exist. 18 December 1130. Several birds in Plague; since there was no vocalizing I figured they were Plague birds, but closer examination over the next several minutes revealed otherwise. Seen was first ♀ R-w-B/M #170 from Lower Haystack, who was accompanied by ♀WHRW#308 also from (Hay (1st yr), Also here was ♀DBlue-LP/DB#193 from School Hill. All these birds were being displaced now and again, but none vocalized at all (!) and it wasn't even clear whether other intruders were chasing themselves, or whether the residents were (eventually #157 and ♂22 were seen together atop Plague). By 1150 only these 2 apparently remained, the others having left, again silently.