1996 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation 24 June 725. 2 birds flushed from here. 1040. ♀ Dark Eye #132 here. Stores: Outer tree: 123 409 Inner tree: 286 I watched the ♀ for 10 minutes or so below the storage area, but there was no sign of the baby. 29 June 1800-1815. Nothing. 1 July 1055. Nothing 15 July 1505. " 16 July 730. ♂ peacock / ♀? #133 and ♀ Dark eye #132 in perch tree; flushed across the canyon. No sign of the juvenile. Bands on the adults seen well a few minutes later when they landed in the next tree. 29 July 1100. 2 birds in perch tree, inc. ♀ Dark eyes. Counted stores: Outer tree 126 356 Inner tree 230 8 August 1030. 2 birds flushed from outer storage/nest tree. 10 August A fair amount of activity (mostly wakea displays) was heard from here much of the morning while I was at Bianca. 11 August Purge: j277, last seen presumably on 14 June; gone by 16 July, Disappeared about 30 June, ± 2 weeks. 19 August 1645. 2 birds, ♂ and ♀, across the canyon picking acorns from a Black Oak were probably this group. 31 August 1800. Counted stores: Outer: 75 261. No birds seen. 5 September 820. ♀ Dark eye #132 in storage tree; ♂ Red? / M #133 sitting in perch tree, but also I thought a 3rd bird was here also (?) 825. 3rd bird, a ♂, was displaced from the area by the other 2. (see back) 840. 2 birds down in a Black Oak across the canyon where at least