1978 Walter D. Koerig Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation 9 May 1100. 1 or more birds here plus some activity. Watching. 1105. ☳♀ on/m #126(?) sitting here, also a ☳♂ in the '77 nest hole! Some Garricking: A ♀ here now; bird out of nest hole 1120. ☳♀♂b. Now here in the Blue Oak again. 1125. ☳♂ or/Maune #122 here now also - flycatching. Wellwell. ♀ub here also. With no acorns here, I'm not at all sure what's making this area so attractive. It certainly looks as though the group is reviving. 1132. More Garricking here. 1150. ♀ in the hole. More Garricking. 1200. Leaving. Looks good for these birds making a go of it - presumably the ♂ub ♀ plus one or more of the A3 ☳♂ again (though I have to assume, I think, that ☳126 has been here all along - or no?) ☳126 is a problem to be decided later on. 11 May Though the precise composition of this group is unclear (as is it's history this winter) for the moment it seems clear that the following changes can be made: Purge: ♀213. Last seen 14 November 1977. Gone with others by 22 Feb. 1978 → Abandoned about (Not seen again yet) 31 Dec. 1977 ± 2 wks (see notes for 24 Feb., p.1) Add: ☳626 (unbanded). Moved here (age unknown) on or just prior to 27 April 1978. The story on ☳126 (and perhaps ☳122) is unclear at the moment - should they be considered having been here the whole time (probably not) or having moved home to A3 and then back here now? (complex but fits my observation better).