1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Hastings Reservation 12 May 1420. Birds did not seem to be in the vicinity when I checked the hole they are building. It is quite deep now, but still has to be widened considerably before it will be of much use to them. 13 May 1000. These birds all over at Pump, at least briefly. See Pump notes, 945. At least 4 (probably all 5) birds in locusts at lower barn, including 8 Blue/White #259. 19 May 24 May 1115. 816, running, and one of the 2 banded 88 in the locusts (right leg seen only). A few minutes earlier I'd flushed one bird from by the Pump tree who flew to here, then flushed at least 3 birds from the big Live Oak right at the corner of Blomquists to the knoll; they had no doubt been sapsucking there. 1125. 8 DB/wn #259 back in locusts. I looked over the locusts and was unable to pick out any acorns still in them, but of course the cracks in them are very irregular and it would no longer surprise me to discover that they still have some pieces stuck up here. 1137. 8 DB-CP/DB #261 now in locusts. 1145. leaving. 27 May 822 seen wandering at School Hill as an intruder! See School Hill notes for details. Clearly my suspicion that this bird just left after the revolution rather than dying was correct; he is now apparently a floater looking for someplace he can live (and I hope he succeeds—as long as it's someplace on the reservation!). 2030. I finally discovered where these birds are roosting: in the sycamore