1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Upper Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation (13 May) 1400. Went ahead and looked in the hole: nothing. 17 May 1800. Bird in the hole. I'm beginning, once again, to believe they have a nest going. The only question is, "who is 'they'?" Is this in fact an autonomous UA2 group or ☐ it presently incorporated as part of A3, where I have been unable to find any trace of a nest? 19 May 1620. 23 birds here, but none in the hole. ♂ Dblue/light #123 seen. Birds sitting in the old mostly unused granary and the tall Valley Oak "nest" tree. 21 May 1615. I had high hopes by the time I got here (see A3 notes) but all loose birds had flushed by the time I rummled by and nobody was in the hole(s). 24 May 1650. 1 bird flushed from the tree with the holes, but none in the holes. 27 May 1420. Nobody seen here (though I thought I'd heard a Garrick from here while at A3 a minute before). 31 May 1630. Nobody seen here in passing. 1 June 2000. Bird (♂) in the hole in the lower Valley Oak. 5 June 1540. Bird in hole again. 1630. Came (zeek, opened hole): 2 eggs—both opaque, shiny, and incubated! 7 June 1200. Bird in hole. 11 June 1535. Watching hole to see who's in the group. ♂ in hole. 1605. 4 girls here all bringing fat for babies. Seen were ①♀ub, ②♂ Red/DB-wm(in) #121, and ③♂ DB/wm #123 (check this guy— the upper right band looks too white to be LBlue-Green). The 4th bird, a ♂, was the one in the hole at the onset and wasn't seen.