1976 Walter D. Koenig 8 Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation (8 December) Counted stores: Outer tree: 384 (certainly more than previously; is filling up in the crevices) Inner tree: 136 (low...) 520 1525. ♀DB-WH(n)/DB#290 from A3 (who was seen there 45 minutes ago or so) was just chased by ♂213 from the storage area and ended up flying off towards Bianca (!). 1532. ♂Red-DB m #133 seen here; this bird may have lost his lower right (Red-DB) color band-I only can see Lpink there. ♂213 also out here in the open, 1-2 others in rear storage tree. 1546. ♂133 (band is lost I'm pretty sure) just flew from the perch tree all the way across Arnold Field to the opposite side! Somehow there seem like more than 4 birds here- Maybe even as many as 6 seems more like it (but maybe it's because they're moving around a lot). In addition, these birds are apparently flying over toward UA2 as well (is this all to gather acorns? There certainly can't be many left even over there!). 1600. Another chase of an intruder (brief, to say the least). 1605. It's getting sort of cold and late to continue. I should return and check who's here again soon, however. 10 December Purge: ♂132, last seen 7 October, [illegible] (also probably 28 October), must have disappeared just prior to (18 November, when I first saw the Bianca ♀♀ here and things were still rather touchy. :: Disappeared about 15 November. Add: ♀♀213 and 215; maybe one more to be determined → Moved to UA2 15 November (from Bianca).