1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Gate Hastings Reservation 30 October 1130. Back to try and get some more babies. 1140. 2 ub 98 together in Gate tree. 1150. ☺Bile-w/n(Bile #395. Third (of 5) baby. 1153. A Sharp-shinned Hawk circling overhead sent ☺ or-wh/or#258 and a 2nd♂ straight into holes in the Willow ('77 nest tree) 1202. ☺♀y-8/m #397. 1212. ☺♂or-DG/or #238. 1230. ☺ub. 1235. 5+ birds together in Gate tree inc. ☺♂/he/DG-w/n) #394, ♂238, ♀ub, ♀397. 1300. Pretty sure I had a 2nd ub ♂ (9) 1315. Things pretty slow now. Leaving. I did well, however, seeing everybody except j398 (who night, I suppose, begone), and 858, who definitely may no longer be extant, I fear. 13 November 1500. Watching. 1520. Birds certainly aren't cooperating over here! 19 November 1130. Sat here awhile. Managed to see ☺♀ 397. ☺♀ub. 1200. In WGate tree: ☺♂ - for sure; no other band on left leg seen. This was most likely 858, finally (the only alternative is j398). 1230. At least 7 birds on side of School Hill above The Mailboxes. ♀wn/DB #394 seen. Leaving. 3 December 1145. Finding Birds, especially on the side of School Hill (☺♂238 ☺♂258) and now just below that along Robertson Creek: ☺♀y-8/m #397, ☺♀ub, ☺♂ la/la M/la #58 for sure. 1205. Intruder: ☺wn/DB #278 from Finch here, being chased. 1217. ☺278 still in the area. 1225. Moving over to main area.