1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes fomticivorus 1500 Hastings Reservation 28 January 1200. 8m/or #88 sitting in Lower Sap Side; a 2nd 8' hawking in tree 3. 1230. Captive up in main tree with net. 1310. Back in hide. Both 88'194 and 195 in tree l, interested in junior. 1312. ! 8260 in tree 2 eating an acorn! 1315. These 3 birds (minus #88) are in tree 1 still; 8194 especially interested in junior. 1325. All 3 88' (including 888) here now; all interested in the captive but no direct attacks yet. 1330. All 4 birds here now. Will merely wait to see if anyone gets into the net. 1400. Caught one'. 8 LBlue/or #195. 3 February With the nets up again, I caught 8 Mauve/Mauve #86 at 1515. This bird is supposed to still be at School Hill. 1545. 8 RRL#295 and 2 other 88' in lower Sap Side. 5 February 1330. Caught 8 195 again in net. He was released forthwith after blackening his forehead again, which had faded considerably already. 9 February 1100. While putting up the nets here I saw 8 OrRW#304 just above me in tree 1; meanwhile WnRW#308 plus a 3rd bird were up in tree 3. Both these 2 are Lower Haystack first- year birds. 1600. Stuck up the captive. 22 February 1915. Success! Have caught 8 194, who was kept overnight 1445. Walked down here directly from watching at School Hill. In the top of tree 1 are 2 birds, 8 WnDE/Green #256, who I'd just seen a while ago at School Hill (!) and 8 MyRad#191, who I had not seen at School Hill, though both are S.H. birds. 1455. 8194 in Lower Sap Side, where 8256 is also at the moment.