1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack Hastings Reservation (2 June) 845. Several birds are in the storage tree pecking away at acorns; it is apparently too cool for good flycatching. 852. ⑮⑧WHW#173 flying from 'nest' tree area to storage tree, lots of flights back and forth here. 855. Going to check the holes over there. Nobody in holes. Thought I might finally have them, too. Also some more serious watching will have to be done to discover whether or not ⑮⑧ is still here; I suspect as much, but she's hard to find among everybody else. 910. ⑮⑧ chased from storage tree; flew to Upper Hay tree and sat until I left at 915. 4 June 1040. All quiet, though tapping in main storage tree indicates one bird there, possibly. 1050. ⑮⑧173 landed in storage tree from forest area by 'nest' tree. ⑮⑧174 here now also. 1105. ⑮⑧172 just flew out of storage tree, going to forest below 'nest' tree. 1110. I'm going to search around down there. All quiet here. 1035. Over in the area by the road (between the 2 knolls) I find several birds: ⑮⑧192, ⑮⑧171 on the far knoll; ⑮⑧236 + 1 other on the near knoll. Activities here not clear. 7 June 945. 1 bird in 2° tree, one other on knoll. 1000. Birds seem to be mostly over in the knoll, probably at the sap tree. 1007. ⑮⑧194 permit-cutting in storage tree. ⑮⑧173 there also. Some drilling going on. 'central' 1010. ⑮⑧236, 2 others over on knoll. 1020. Over on the knoll, ⑮⑧236 and ⑮⑧173 are 'hawking' from about