1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes famiervorus Lower Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation (5 July) ♀3126 left for parts unknown (probably returning to A3, but possible just hanging around the entire side of the hill anywhere between Bianca and A3) and then Returned here ≈3 May 1978 to join the 2 new ♀♀ who moved here in late April. The evidence for all this is fair-poor: the group clearly disintegrated in late Dec. or January. In Feb. I either saw no one here or - on 18 Feb- saw several A3 birds (but none of the ♂♂ who had been living here previously!); meanwhile ♂121,122,+123 were all at A3 on 22 Feb. March again brought no sign of anyone here. Finally in late April the ♀♀ (only one was seen at the time) appeared, Garrickling and seeming very interested in acquiring a mate (who did not seem present at the time). Then on 9 May ♂126 (and ♂122, also) reappeared here; only slightly later was it clear that ♂126 and the ♀♀ were nesting here, while ♂122 was not seen here again (but was seen again at A3). 6 July 820. Watching. I'd flushed a bird from here earlier. 850. Brown #126 (presumably) here hawking. Also a ♀, I think. 7 July 610. 2 birds sitting here as I walked by 16 July 1525. No one seen here in passing. 11 September 900. Watching. No sign of anyone in arrival. 945. A Brown Tother atop the Blue Oak was displaced by an Ad ♂, who flew off before I could get his legs. 946. ♀♀6 here briefly, then flew off towards Bianca. 1015. Leaving. No more sign of a group here. 15 October No stoves or any sign of a group here.