1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lambert Hastings Reservation (11 May) 1050 #283 and another bird looking over Lambert Fallen Tree. @OLP/LP#114 there. 1058. These 2 just chased away an apparent intruder from the "nest" tree area. 1102. @♀♂6 now looking over LFT. 1130. Raining, These 3 were the only birds around, and showed no indication of interest in a nest. I'm leaving- 13 May 1330. Nobody in any holes, but there were 2 birds in the large tree along the fence just up from the '75-76 nest tree who might have been up to something. There are, of course, several holes in that tree as well (one of which has a Nuttatch nest in it). 17 May 1700. On my second pass I flushed a bird from the top of the nest tree; otherwise zilch. 19 May 1000. Trying again. 1045. ♂ and ♀ hawking from Hastings Valley Oak granary. @♀♂6. 1055. A ♂ sitting atop the Middle Tree is probably of this group. (He's banded, and I think is ♂114). 1102. ♀♂6 hawking from LFT. @♂LP/LP#114 now in Hast.VO for sure. 1110. Both ♀♂ on LFT now: @♀♂♂? #283. 1150. 2 birds hawking from Middle Tree. 1200. Leaving. The continued presence of any of the 3 ♂♂ here is beginning to look doubtful. 21 May 1510. 1-2 birds possibly flushed from top of Nest tree, but none found in a hole anywhere. 24 May 1700-1730. Thought I might have flushed a bird from a hole in the large Valley Oak granary on HNHR, so I watched it for ½ an hour, a ♂ came and sat on top of it, but there was no further hint of a nest.