1977. Walter D. Koenig 7 Melanerpes formicivorus Chongo Hastings Reservation √ 12 December 1100. Counted stores: 1409. They've done quite well here! 1110. Watching. 1205. Finally a whole group of birds appeared simultaneously in the granary, inc. ①♂DB-Or/DB-Or #424, ②♀ub, ③♀Red-Ble/Red #368, ④♀Wh/Ble-Red#369, ⑤♂LG-LP/LG#370. 1220. ⑥♂Da/Per-LG #319 in sycamores. 1230. A few birds still around but all is pretty quiet now. 1235. ⑦♂CBlue/Wh-Red #234 over in sycamores. 1300. Leaving. Not bad. The babies were fairly open, leading me to suspect strongly that ♀371 is indeed no longer with us. The adults were rather more secretive, and ♂252 may certainly have been missed. 1302. Yes indeed: ⑧♂DBlue/Wh- #252 over in the sycamores. 1310. Now leaving. I've seen everybody well at least twice and I'm pretty satisfied that I've gotten the lot of them. 17 December Purge: j9371. Seen on 30 August, not seen 14 October → disappeared about 21 September ± 2 weeks. 21 December Walked out here to discover that the limb with the 2 holes used for roosting (and nesting in 1973-74) in the Blue Oak- granary fell during the last weeks, no doubt in last night's wind storm.