1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold I (+Nest Record) Hostings Reservation (14 May) 755. Success: ab♀ here displaced by ♂La/M#423. 800. Very good. Leaving for a brief walk around. 18 May 705. Bird in hole. Babies probably not hatched yet. 955. No sounds from hole. 21 May 1145. No sounds from hole that I could hear when the bird flushed. 28 May 1220. Bird in hole. 900-1000. Watched the hole here, but after the ♀ initially inside left at 915 nobody went to it again. The birds are here, however, so I certainly don't know what's up. It would still seem as though they have a nest, but I wouldn't guess from watching that they have babies. Eventually I'm going to have to go up and find out what's up for sure. (One possibility is that their first nest failed and they're on a 2nd already). 1 June 825. Bird in hole. 5 June 1015. Watching. Bird in hole now, though there wasn't one earlier. 1115. An hour up, the original bird (a♀) is still in the hole looking out at me, and I am still in the bark as to what's going on here. If they do have babies, they at least can't be especially old. I'd say I'll have to eventually give up and go check the nest after all to clear things up. 10 June 800. Finally went up, finding 1 baby: wt: 76.0 gm ; Wing length: 68 mm. Though he is a little young ( day), and I still have doubts about the determination of this group, I banded him as #447 just so I don't have to go back up in a few days.