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1978 Walter D. Koenig
Melanerpes formicivorus
School Hill Hastings Reservation
(18 October) No sign of #419 (or any of the babies). Ah- both #9 still here.
3 November 920. Counted stores: only 176, all in tree 2.
19 November 1210. Watching. 3 here sitting: 3 cause #86.
1300. 880 still here- no sign at all of anyone else! leaving.
30 November Purge: j452, j453. Both Not seen after banding
on 18 June.
*Seen again
here on
26 April 1979
(29 April 1979) [Dis. about 4 July ± 2 wks. [Changed to left group about [29 April 79]]
#402. Last seen 11 June, gone by 28 July →
#419. Last seen for sure on 8 July, gone
by 13 September → Dis. abt 10 August ± 1 month.
j454. Last seen 13 September, gone by-
30 September, → Dis. about 22 Sept. ± 1 week;
This poor group is now apparently reduced to a
singleton #, 886.
11 December Ron watched here this afternoon and saw 886, alone as
before.