1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Upper Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation. 5 June Went up to the nest hole at 1630 expecting to be able to band the kids, but discovered sadly enough that the hole was empty and the nest was a failure. We did see 2 birds across the canyon, however, and one flushed from the area when we arrived. All this is a great loss, slightly assuaged by discovering that the group had run out of stores (?). Note that hatching had begun at least 2 days ago. 10 June Bird in nest hole at 1900. 14 June 1820. ♀ in tree below nest tree, bands not seen. 17 June 1740. In nest tree: ☐♂ wn/Dblue-white #126 [Arnold 3] and ☐♀ Yellow/LBlue #128? ; both sitting immobile. After I began to walk down ☐♀ unbande appeared in the same tree, stayed looking at me for several minutes (other birds did not note her at all) then flew up to the tree towards A3 on the edge of the Arnold Field. After a few more minutes both birds in the nest tree took off. It was then brought to my attention that ☐♀ SERW#209 was left sitting ☐ in the nest tree-apparently/ the A3 birds are just crashing over here for awhile (unbanded ♀ may have been from A3 as well). Where is ☐205? 24 June 1130. ☐♀ in #128 in storage tree; a 2nd bird in nest tree but not identified. No stores. 29 June 800. Only 1 bird, quite wary and without a wingstreamer, was flushed from the vicinity. (830. Again flushed one very wary bird, a ☐.) 1 July 1045. Nobody 15 July See A3 notes concerning ☐128, who was over there ☐ morning. 830. 2 birds from below storage tree; ☐209 (A3) and one