1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Haystack Hastings Reservation (27 July) 940. Walked over to '75 nest area: ① jdb-w/nw/#462. 945. At least one bird here sapsucking. 1000. Now ②♀LG/w/n #391 sapsucking here. j462 still here also. 1007. ③j Mawr/Rek #460. Good! This bird also sapsucking. 1028. j460 and 462 now over in the granary together. Leaving to walk over there. Counted stores: 991. Not bad. The adults have mostly disappeared-a continuing bad habit of theirs. Some calls from far out over the knoll above Maggie's may indicate that they're there, but who knows? In any case, I did get 2 of the 3 babies, which is as good as I've done anywhere so far. 4 August 745. Trying to get birds sapsucking here. 752. ①j /Rat-w/n #462 802. ! ② jdb-w/n/lb.w/n#461 here sapsucking. All 3 are here! 805. Birds are also well down the canyon here. Going to try to get babies at Hay-Blam. 810. ③jnaure/m #460 before I got away. 31 August 1500. Counted stores: 530, including several new, green acorns, but mostly (95%+) old. 1535. Down at "Soto Springs" I found ♀ ca/m #391 along with at least one H-B bird. These birds were not at the pond itself, but in the forest just behind the cabin. 25 September 810. Watching from hide. 815. 1 bird (♀390 I think) here briefly to displace a Magpie. 821. ①OOOrw/#307. 830. For the last 5 minutes I've been watching an unbanded ♀ hawkling in the granary who has a necrotic Right