1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Bianca (13 September) including ①♀RRRW#251. ③♂40 there also. 1030③♂6♂ with Black Oak acorn ⚫ near Black Oak. 24 September 830. Watching. 845.[③♂ or/wn(?) #214] eating acorn near storage tree (♂142) 850.③♂CGLW#214. ③♂ Red/Wn#142 eating acorn. ④♀LBRW#215 ⚫/acorn. ③3ub from working stores. 900. A bird, again looking more like #214 than #142, is preening in one of the perch trees. I do think both are here. 920. This time I'm fairly sure I saw a number on one of the white bands of ♂214. 935. ⑥♀Da/la-or #251. An inn bird in the vicinity begging also. 950. All of a sudden everybody was visible as momentarily nearly everyone was hawking from above me in the old Valley Oak storage tree. Newly seen were ⑦♂Ms. Bianca ⑧♀Y-Or/la#141, ⑨♀LB/or-#303 (juv.-molting to ♀?) and ⑩♂DB-w(n)/la#304 (juv.-still ♂ so far). Matt I believe is in progress but sexes are only a guess still. 1010. Saw the 2 young birds again-both are still ♂-type. Also ⑪♀LP/DB-w(n)#213. 1017. ♂ or/wn(nnn) #214 seen definitively. (Which is more than I can say for ♂142 so far today!) Birds mostly hawking for the moment. 1100. Birds seem to have moved off to far parts of the territory. In any case, I strongly suspect that I saw everybody. 25 September Purge: ♂210. My list says he was last seen on Jan 27, but my notes indicate that he was never seen following his capture during the 18 Dec. 1975 ambush. :: Last seen 18 Dec '75, gone by 24 June '76, Disappeared about 21 March 1976 ±3 months. → Correction: he was seen on 27 Jan. at Arnold 3 (interesting).