1979 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Hastings Reservation 1800 (12 April) ♀ here also 1324 ♀ w/m P/blue #260! Back here after all defending her spot. ⚫️ B/ k/ca #476, eating catkins. ♀260 now feeding on catkins also. 1330. Things quiet now. The intruding ♂♀ has apparently left for now. 1340. I thought there was a 2nd ♂ here but now I'm no longer certain. 1350. That 2nd ♂ may not be here, but in any case the main excitement is over and I'll let him show himself later on. ♀260 lives and is apparently planning on staying here, at any rate. 21 April ♀260 apparently really moved (moving to School Hill). See School Hill notes. 24 April 1920. 2 birds were here at dusk (possibly both ♂♂), but only one roosted in the '78 nest hole (as far as I could tell, but a mistake is possible). 29 April 920. Watching. 1000. Leaving. Birds up the hill but not here. Purge: ♀260. Last seen here (and at School Hill) on 12 April. ♀ at School Hill first seen on 10 April, not present on 27 March → Moved - watched group on 3 April ± 1 week; 30 May 830. Checked the hole in the Main tree, which has 3 eggs. During this process there was a fair amount of activity - wakas, occasional Carricks, Drumming, and a few good fights. I finally got a chance to watch between 830-900. (C30 to P.4)