1978 Walter D. Koenig 6 Melanerpes formicivorus Lower Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation (28 May) 1033. ♀ in hole and ⚫♀ yel/red #439 in tree; now ♀ leaves hole, ⚫♂ w/m #126 joins 9439. ⚫♀ ub now in tree. She's going to get caught next time! 1045. ♀ub went in hole 1050. Went up and ambushed her - now ♀440. Leaving. 8 29 May 845. Noone in hole. 1 June 1230. As I'd feared, the nest is empty. Another failure which I can only hope wasn't due to my interference. 5 June 830. Noone seen here in passing. 10 June 1000. " " " " 20 June 1610. ♀ flushed from area but otherwise noone in holes. 3 July 1925. Nobody in holes here (everyone else seems to be already). 4 July 900. ⚫♂ub (!) flycatching from the perch tree next door to the granary. Bird was hawking consistently from here until I left after 10 minutes. No sign of any banded birds. 915. ⚫♂ub now sitting in Blue Oak granary. Looks like more changes here. 1045. ⚫♂126 seen at A3 - see A3 notes. 5 July About time to do something about ⚫♂213: despite the possible continuity of ⚫♂126 here, I don't really believe he wintered (77-78) here. Unfortunately, I never saw him at A3 ⚫ (as I did ⚫♂121,123) so I can't unambiguously say he returned there, either. My guess is that he did, but that I missed him in my 22 Feb. census. However, I will compromise as follows: (1) I will assume that the entire group Abandoned this territory upon running out of stores on or about 31 Dec.'77. ⚫ (2) ⚫♂121,122, and 123 all returned to A3 at that time. (3) ⚫♂213 just out and out disappeared (=Abandoned, not seen again).