1980 Walter D. Roening Melanerpes formicivorus Westgate Hastings Reservation 23 February 1420. Counted stores: 860. Flushed 2 birds from the area only - 358 plus 1 other. I did also see birds at Gate who are not the Westgate birds. Thus, there would appear to be 2 groups here still after all. later I also saw a ? here, but I couldn't get her legs. 24 April 1030. Two birds flushed from one of Maggie's Sycamores; none else seen. 25 April 1855. Bird roosting in the dead limb facing the road in the Westgate tree. 30 April 1600. Bird in the 'roost' hole in Westgate tree, plus (at least) a 2nd bird in the area. The only big question is, how am I going to get to it? 7 May 1150. Looked around here for an hour or so. Two birds were here, occasionally flying up across the road onto the side of ARF. I was unable to get any good leads as to a hole, however. 8 May 900. Both birds seen here: 9ub and 358. Both were gleaning from the Valley Oak off on the side of ARF. 12 May 1500. 2 birds seen here as usual, but no obvious sign of a nest. 18 May 1200. Watched here from the side of Haystack Hill, seeing (both birds and following them) the best I could as they wandered all over, particularly off above Conal Field. However, I was unable to find any reasonable sign of a nest, of feeding of young or anything. The ? did appear to go to the hole in the Westgate Sycamore one, but that was it. 26 May 1600. Looked all over for 1½ hrs or so but once again failed to find anything promising. Both birds were tooling around all over, as usual.