1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold I Hastings Reservation 12 June 1830. Went up to check the baby, who is slightly on the lean side but otherwise seems healthy. 20 June 1730. The baby is looking out - he will fledge after all! 25 June 1625. Counted stores: 441. No obvious sign of the baby inside the hole, so presumably he's out. 3 July 1900. ≥3 birds roosting in Nesthole. 7 July 715. jo-ca/la-or #447 sitting in granary. He definitely made it! 29 July 1000. Counted stores: 30. Getting on their last legs here. 2 September 715. I could find only about 4 potentially good acorns stuffed here; they are functionally out of stores. 11 September Ron Munroe watched here this morning, seeing 2 banded birds (8199 and 9422) as well as several unbanded birds and an intruder or two (see his field notes). 14 October Ron watched here again and saw 8199, 9422, and → the baby who is a 9447. 15 October 1045. Flushed 4 birds from here when I came to count stores, of which there are only 215. (Boy these groups are in bad shape up here this year!) 9 November 1230. 8 red, #199 here. 3 December 1400. Watching. Some stores left here. 1515. Except for a brief visit by one bird (who left before I could identify him) the place has been entirely quiet. Leaving. 1520. At the upper corner of Bianca I flushed 2 birds over to the perch trees of Black Oak. One, apart from the other(s), was ♀ or/la/la-or #447! Don't know who the other is. 1540. Now here (on upper corner of Bianca) are 9447, ♂ / light -#422, plus a 3.