1979 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold 3 Hastings Reservation 23 March 1215. 3 birds up in the sap tree. 14 April 710. Watching. 725. In sap tree sitting: (10° LP-WN/M #120. Disappeared right away, however. 737.②♀ Yel-DB/or #289 (previously thought to have gone extinct). 747. Preening in '77 nest tree: ③♀ Light LP-Red #207. 755. ②207 went over to sap tree and is sapsucking. 825. Birds are also sapsucking in a tree directly behind the Gig Live Oak over by UA2. Right now, ②207 and ②289 are over here sapsucking. 843.④♂DB/Unk #123 now sapsucking. Now ①120 over here again. 930. Leaving. Birds continue to filter over slowly and sapsuck in the tree here. No sign of ②204 or ②290; the former, at least, is probably gone. Also no sign of a nest. The entire watch noone landed in the granary, but some stores do remain: 3 fork: 260 (none elsewhere). 1050. ①120 over at Lambert with an unbanded ♀. See Lambert notes. 20 April Purge: ②204. Last seen 6 Feb. 1979, gone by 9 March → Disappeared about 21 Feb. 1979 ± 2 weeks. 24 April 1450. ①or #289 plus a ♂ in sap tree. N23. ③ is (10° LP-WN/DH #120. 1430. ①120 joined by ③♀ Mauve #207. All still sapsucking. Leaving. Appears to be nothing exciting happening. 25 April 830. Several birds flushed from granary area to sap area: ①♀207, ②120, ①♂ intruder, chased by ②207, also a 2nd ♂, also possibly an intruder as ①120 seemed disturbed by him (but