1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lambert Hastings Reservation (29 June) 1935. Left to wander around awhile, coming up birds now and again in the Flat but nobody for sure from this group. 1 July 740. Watching. 750. 8 Or/DB here briefly (202) 820. 8 202 back in nest tree 840. 8 DBLue/LP in nest tree - #116!? Sound of Baby chatter coming from deep in territory. 858. 8 LP/M #114 eating acorn in the vicinity. 853. M/DG-Or #284 here. 901. j BP/M #283 begging from 8 202. 922. The sudden appearance of an imm. Cooper's Hawk has just sent everybody off. 930. Walking around. Found 8 Pink/Pink going into a Blue Oak with sapholes over a ways 940. leaving. An unbanded fledgling is just down from the nest tree (between it and middle tree); don't know what (who she is. I would be quite sure of #116 except that my look was very brief and 10 minutes later the 8 in the tree, who I thought was the same bird, turned out to be 8 114. I'm not sure how I could have mixed up Pink/Pink into DBLue/Pink but it is possible. Nonetheless I suspect that the bird was indeed the one I'd been looking for. Still, where are the 88 these days? 18 July j284 seen at Black Lake in the morning, when several of these birds were on their way (apparently) to Arnold Spring, where at 1120 there were j284, 8 Or/DB#202, and 8ub. Also here: a 2nd ub 8, an ub 8, and 8wn (90)/M LP/LP !!! (I don't know why that freaked me out - it's obviously 8"DP/DP"#114).