1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Road 3 (5 October) 1100. Leaving. It would seem likely that this is the lot, though the babies are hard to see and one could still have been missed. Purge: j443. Not seen after banding on 9 June. 25 October 1330. Watching. ①♂ WN-BLK/WN #184. ②♂ DB#68. A fair amount of flying around here. ③♀ DB-WN(n)/or#444, fiddling around. ④♂ Red-BLK/Red #382. j♀444 now working in the granary. ⑤♀ DB-WN(n)/WN #269. ⑥j♀ LB-Red-LB#446; landed at nest hole briefly. Lots of stores here, by the way. 1345. ⑦♀DB/Lght-LB #265. ⑧♂ BLK-WN(n)/BLK#384 landed at nest hole. 1415. 1st yr birds are definitely not being kept from the granary now. Heh heh: ④♀ 444-Da / Sel #383. I'd guess that that's about it, and that j445 is no longer with us. leaving- 28 November Counted stores: Sycamore: 616 Valley Oak: 528 30 November Purge: j445. Last seen 24 July, gone by 4 September → Dis. about 14 August ± 2 wks.