1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus BigTree Hastings Reservation (2 May) Apparently, unless I'm mistaken, ♀110 is gone and has been replaced by 2 new birds. The ♂♂ remain unchanged. The 4 birds appear to be familiar with one another. 3 May Confirmed the presence of 2 unring ♀♀. Unless some new development comes up, therefore: Purge: ♀110 last seen 24 March, gone by 2 May → Disappeared about 13 April ± 2 weeks Add: ♀399 Moved to BigTree about 13 April; age unknown ♀400 " " " While watching one of these ♀♀ in a tall Valley Oak by the storage area, it foraged in a manner that I've never actually seen before: up about 2 feet (below the crown, she would look up to and around a small dead twig above her, then hop up and pick off what appeared to be a small caterpillar, about as long as her bill and very thin. She would then hop down a short ways and after perhaps holding it dropping from her bill a few seconds turn toward the limb and peck at it a bit before eating it. She then would get back in position, look up and start over again. In all I saw her to this 4 times, but she could have been doing it for some time before I began to watch. On about 3 of these occasions I saw the small inchworm-like beast she picked off the bark, but it was so small I couldn't tell much more about it than that. 4 May 1630.8 Can-y/Can-y #108 seen well in top Arnold field.