1976 Walter D. Keenig 8 Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold 1 Hastings Reservation 27 May 1800. Went up to check the nest, discovering that there was now nothing at all inside! Arg. This is the first possible case of predation to date, though obviously I don't know what happened. It's always possible that it was abandoned due to my disturbance (catching the 2 8"') but since birds were seen in the hole 2 days later when I opened it that would not seem too likely. Possibly they found a preferable site elsewhere, more or less as did Bianca a couple weeks ago. Or maybe it really was predation? If I get a chance I'll watch roosting here tonight to see if that can tell me anything; in any case I must watch here as soon as possible. I shortly after the above walked by the '95 nest tree, where there were birds looking out at me from both those nice holes in the small limb where I'd always hoped they wouldn't nest. In this case, however, it would perhaps be better than nothing. Just after this, a wandering bird seen at the top edge of Bianca's territory may possibly have been $105, but then again... (among other things, I noticed no trace of a former wing-streamer). See Bianca notes for more details. 7 June 1920. Bird in 'nest' hole in storage tree. 8 June 1900. " " " " " 10 June 1900. " " " " " . Plenty of stores here still. 14 June 1945. Nobody seen here anywhere so far. Watching. 2015. 1 bird, unidentified, chasing a Titmouse in the storage tree. Only saw one unringed & and ended up hearing only 2 birds - neither of whom roosted in the storage tree. I think more watching is definitely called for here.