1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus 1800 Hastings Reservation (4 September) 1240. ♀wn/db #260 atop main tree now at least. 1320. 22 birds here now. 1 is ♀ DB-LP/DB #193 (!) [from School Hill]. No chasing or other shenanigans; ♀193 preening here at the moment. No other birds seen here now. ♀193 looks fairly at home, however. 1337. Several (3-4) birds (peacefully) here, inc. ♀260 and ♂8 M/LP. #347. Perhaps the ♂-situation is not so bad after all. 1340. ♂ub now down low eyeing the captive. This bird is in the storage area, looking as though he belongs here. I guess ♂334 may have been "replaced" by this character. 1355. ♂ub made several passes at the captive, but did not get captured. ♀193 up near ♀260 in top of the tree here. ♂ub now eyeing Junior from a distance. 1403. Now ♂347, ♂ub, ♀193 all down near Junior. ♂ub landed on the cage but still wasn't caught. 1405. ♂ub trums several times while obviously quite nervous about the captive. 1430. ♂ub gradually faded off. ♀260, 193 are clearly not strangers (remember the earlier revolution of March(?)). Both are often near each other. No chasing is going on; ♂ub was moved in "replacing" ♂334, who unfortunately- seems to be gone; ♂ub is clearly more paranoid than the others and has probably joined recently. ♀193 is probably a member here now also (some brief speculation on the origin of ♀260 might be in order - could she have been one of the 2♂ub♀ at School Hill - and therefore the "mother" of ♀♀1914/193? Lots of queries regarding her familiarity with these ♀♀, not to mention her abandonment of 1500 when the 1500 ♂♂ moved down, would