1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus 1500 (22 August) Hastings Reservation and preened, a 4th bird, β DA/DP? #44, sat in the old favorite position in tree 1, flushing over across the creek. (His bands were barely discernable, but I do believe it). Why do the School Hill birds persist down here? 1 September 845. 3-5 birds in the area here, eating green acorns and hawking. One of the birds was identified as δia-da/m #298, a School Hill juvenile, and I suspect that the others were all predominantly School Hill birds as well. 900. j M/L/DnB #296 hawking from tree 1 here now (also a School Hill juv.). 907. ♀ Wm/YDB #260 plus 2 others (at least one SH bird) atop tree 3. 11 September 1900. I strolled down to find a ♂ sitting complacently in the top of tree 1; I assumed he was #44 until I got a fair-good look at his right leg: δ Or/Yel-Darn, which makes him nobody that I know of offhand. He eventually flushed across the creek and party up the side of School Hill above tree 5. The identity of the above bird is pretty tenuous even after checking through the color list, but the most reasonable, save that it was merely δ44 incognito, is ♂ Red/Am-Yellow#88 from School Hill. 28 September 1530. From the road I could see 2 birds, a ♂ and ♀, in tree 3, and I believe at least a 3rd in tree 1. Walking up, I was able to get a definitive look at ♀ Wm/M #260 before she flushed to the upper sap side to join the others. 1550. ♂ Or-LB/Or #194 (School Hill) flew to tree 3 with a big green acorn. 1600. ♂ LB/M #195 (School Hill) preening in middle sap side (note: he was seen at School Hill yesterday, while ♂194 was not).