1978 Walter D. Koenig 4 Melanerpes formicivorus Pump (12 April) Hastings Reservation 900. Back again. ♀ Pub drumming in the storage tree. 1-2 other birds in the area. Carricks! (Coming from the willows). 910. 888 and ♂ 297 here, also a banded ♀. 8402 still here. 915. Some more Carricks from the willows. Pub in the granary drumming. 925. Someone's Carricked about 12 times back in the willows. Yes→ (Orlw) 928. Some new birds - an OrLW(?); also a good fight - 2 birds grasping each other briefly. 1015. Leaving. Action is constantly moderate. Same old birds, with the 1500 birds stealing some more acorns. Didn't get a look at the OrLW bird, but was indeed an OrLW! 1435. Back. Action seems to be about as before. 8402 here. Pub here. 1450. There is a notable lull at the moment - nobody here at all for the last 10 minutes. 1500. Someone Carricked from the willows. Still no action at the granary. 1502. Pub, ♂ 296, and ♂ 297 now in granary. The ♀ is quite interested in being friendly; she greets everyone. 1505. ♂ 298 apparently pecked dominantly at Pub, displacing her. 888 here also. Nobody new, however. 1500 birds are definitely tolerant, if not friendly, to 8402. 1513. Two dominance interactions: ♂ 296 ? Pub; 888 > 297. 1515. Leaving. Except for the ♀, 8402, and the OrLW this morning, this is not very enlightening thus far. One thing that's clear is that the old Pump birds are indeed gone: Purge: 8430, 8432. Former last seen 3 February, latter (last seen 14 March. (8a 8 present 14 March as well). Both (probably) responded to peanuts put in on 19 March, but neither was seen on or after