1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes fomcicivorus Plague Hasting Reservation (20 June) Being now rather concerned about the remaining kid, I opened the nest to find him weighing 2 gm less than yesterday and voraciously hungry. To be sure he lasts until I can watch to see who, if anyone, is still feeding him I stuffed him with 7.7 gm of dog food and water, hopefully enough to pull him through until late tomorrow. A brief walk around the territory produced no wickers anywhere to bolster confidence in the group's fate. 22 June 1730. The baby is dead. As I walked back to the lab, I heard a bird over by the upper barn, however. Nonetheless, the loss of the adult female clearly spelled the doom of the nest. 1945. Watching. 1953. Cub atop Plague. 2000. Walked down to Blue Oaks in nest area, flushing 157 out of the sap area. Evidently both birds are here intact; either the sap was not good enough to allow feeding of the kid or they just were not interested enough to keep the nest going by themselves. 24 June Birds are roosting in the 20 storage tree. 810. 157 in Valley Oak just up from the bunkhouse most likely capsucking. Earlier, considerable hawk ing had been going on in the area. Cub seen atop Plague tree a few minutes later. 10 July 1600. I passed by the bunkhouse on the way to the lab and saw the 2 birds here up in the Live Oak just over the bunkhouse where they were clearly sap sucking. 16 July 1500. Birds sap sucking above bunkhouse again. Re: 245. MalRaff's autopsy revealed no obvious mortal