1978 Walter D. Koenig 6 Melanerpes formicivorus Westgate Hastings Reservation (5 July) 908. & 395 seen feeding a baby. 910. Looks like a lot of what they're catching are winged ants. 925. Leaving. A good watch: conclusions: ① Babies are out, at least 3 are around, but are very hard to see (not surprising since they've been out of the nest no longer than a week) ② 8'394 is probably gone, having now been missed during 2 good watches since he was last seen in April ③ 8'58, always a problem, remains so still. At this point I will seriously consider dropping him (he hasn't been seen since December) inasmuch as I have no good reason to believe he still exists, other than that he was hard to see and may be hiding out somewhere still. If so, I'll just have to retract my decision later, I 'pose. Nope- 3 August 1930. Walked by here to catch roosting only to find that seen 6 Aug the entire dead portion of the Live Oak nest tree (including this year's nest hole and Gate's 1975 nest hole) has fallen! Meanwhile most birds seemed to roost in the multi-entranced chamber in the Gate sycamore. 6 August 725. Watching. 740. !① 8' yel/DB-yel(Cm) #394! One that I'd thought had disappeared! ② 8' ub. ③ jca-or/lc-or #464. ④ jwn/Ble-or #466. ⑤ 8' Bile-wk(Cm)/Bile #395 805. Birds have pretty much disappeared. I walked around, flushing several birds sapsucking. I also checked stores: ① as far as I could tell. 920. ⑥ jM/D6-IP #463 now finally back in the Gate Sycamore. 950. j463 back again. 955. Leaving for a brief final walk around. Purge: 8'58. This old stalwart was last seen 3 Dec. 1977,