1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Gate Hastings Reservation (17 May) 1540.♂? or-wym.#258 flew to top of WG tree. 1605.♀#6 on top of WG, then flew toward ARF. Bird (♂) still in hole. 1610.♂#6 and the ♀ atop WG. 1615. The poor ⚫ is still looking out of the hole, as he has been since I got here. I still don't know whether they're incubating or feeding young, but one might guess the former. 1900. Back again. Bird in hole. Another just chased off a Starling (go Woodpeckers!) from the WG tree. 1905. 3 on top of WG: ⚫58, ♀#6, ⚫258. 1910. ⚫58 flew to hole, without food (best I could tell), went in (the other bird had left, I guess), looked out, stayed inside. Incubation it is, almost for sure I should think. 1920. ⚫58 still looking out; 2nd ⚫ below him on branch. Leaving. 1923. Hold it: several birds converged on the area: the ♀ went inside the lower hole for a short time while 2 ⚫ went inside the upper one (⚫258 +?). Perhaps things aren't as far along here as I'd been thinking. 18 May Some birds here roosting in the willows- 19 May 1230-1250. Watched, seeing ⚫RRC#238. I think they're feeding young now, but I only had a very brief look at what seemed to be a bird bringing food, so I'm not sure. They certainly do have a nest there, in any case. 20 May 1025. Bird in hole. Watching. Birds all hawking like crazy. ⚫♀#6, ⚫♂#6. 1036. Watched changeover: ⚫, after peering out for quite sometime, finally flew out, met 1-2 others in tree. A short time later another bird flew to the hole. Surely this is still in incubation.