1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold 3 Hastings Reservation (21 January) she is attempting to move in here after all. [illegible] Leaving. The conclusion to be drawn is that ①#254♀ may have been an intruder when I caught her last month, thus there may still be an unbanded ♀ here. Obviously, however, several of the birds here are playing (successfully) hard to got, and 254 may be among them. Alternatively, there may have originally been 3 unbanded ♀♀ and now, having banded 2, there is still one left. My guess, however, is that something odd is going on about the unbanded ♀ here today; if ♀254 does make a showing again I would assume this unbanded bird either moved here (if she stays) or was intruding here (if she disappears). The unharmonious way she's being treated (chased by some, not by others) would indicate to me that she's merely visiting. Of marked acorns, I could find 78, but only carry up with 1 that had been moved. 26 January See Upper Arnold 2 notes for several birds from here or presumably from here seen there. Included was ♂121, last seen here in October and a good candidate for moving/having moved over to UA2. 27 January ♂121 seen at UA2 again - 8/5 830. Net up and watching. 850.①♂CBRW#204 working storage holes over on storage tree by Lamberts. 905.②♂ or /m #122 sitting in perch tree along Lambert line; several others up here also.