1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Gate Hastings Reservation (14 July) 1050. 8 red w/n #238 in Gate Sycamore with 8ub. 1105. Birds have disappeared, mostly up toward ARF. I'm going. 28 July 1730. 8 238 and a 2nd 8 atop the Gate tree. 4 August 1200. These birds are pretty much invisible as they are obviously sapsucking in some live Oaks by the creek. 1215. Got a good glimpse at 5 birds nearby: ① 8 m/lq #58; ② 8ub; ③ 8 red w/n #258; ④ 8 238; and a ⑤ bird, another 8. 11 August 930. Quite a few birds here; at least 3 flushed from the Weate sycamore and others at Gate; all going across the road and up the side of the knoll, where 25 birds were hawking and fairly actively flying and wakeing. 18 August 1230. Birds up side of Arnold Flat Hill; at least 4 there. I climbed up, seeing one 8ub while the others flushed without being seen. See map for approximate location. One bird was flushed from a small Live Oak and may have been sapsucking; the others I would guess were getting green acorns. 1 September 945. Quite a few birds around; 8238 in the main Gate sycamore and an 8ub 8 in the Weate sycamore were identified. 6 September 740. 8 m / -? either 58 or 60 seen, very possibly the latter. 1130. 8 or-w/n/or #258 eating green acorn in Gate sycamore. 1140. 8 m / no band #60 eating green acorn in Weate sycamore. 7 September 1230. ① 8 lc/lq #58 in Weate sycamore. Others toward ARF. 1245. ② 8 or-w/n/or #258 in Gate tree. ③ 8ub there also. ④ 8 RRLW #238 in Weate tree [illegible] . 8 now hawking in Gate sycamore. 1255. ⑤ 8 Da/Da - #60 now in Weate tree. 1300. ⑥ 8ub just flew down into Gate tree. 1330. Birds still appearing now and again, but nobody new.