1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Gate (=Westgate) Hastings Reservation 17 February 1020. ♂♂ yel #394 plus 3-4 others in Gate sycamore. 23 February 1015. Watching. ①♀ yel-Bik/m #397 and ②♂ yel/DB-well(m) #394 in Gate. [illegible] 1032. Now in the Gate tree: ③♂ or-w/n/m #258, ④♂ blu-w/n(m)/Bik #395, 1045. ♂395 here eating an acorn. ⑤♀ub. 1103. ⑥♂ or-DG/or #238, ⑦♂ Blue-Red/Blue #396. Blue looks more light than dark (?) 1110. Took a break to count stores: Gate tree: 40) Weake tree: 288 } 328 1130. Back watching. 1140. ⑤2nd ♀ub (2 at once). The Blues on ♂396 look darker now. 1205. Leaving. Birds now flying down into the Live Oaks across the road from Gate tree, most likely for sap, 1210. ④♂ub, before I could finish my chapter and leave! 24 February Purge: j398. last seen 1 Sept.77; gone by 30 Oct.77, → Disappeared about 30 Sept. 1977 ± 1 Month. 15 March ♂395 seen at ARF, too. See ARF, too notes. 2 April Ambushed at the '77 nest hole, netting ♂394. 7 April Ambushed at the '77 nest hole again, netting ♀397 this time. 12 April Ambushed at the "new" hole in the Gate sycamore, getting ♂396 and - at long last - an unbanded ♀ (now ♀433)! 1540. Counted stores: Gate tree: 9; Weake: 79 ; TOTAL 88. Also a ♀ was in the hole in the Live Oak just above the limb. Could be it, but I'll make another check before opening it. 13 April 1130. ♀ub outside of the cut-open hole in the Live Oak. Birds are definitely interested in this tree. 17 April 1120. Nobody seen here in/out of any holes.