1980 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold 1 Hastings Reservation 21 January 1515. Walking by here I flushed a ♂ who was banded and, as far as I could tell, had yellow-da colors on at least one leg. I'm therefore assuming he was ♂100, as is to expected. No 2nd bird was seen in the vicinity. 25 February 1530. Meanwhile, over in the "Top" tree (by the A1 '75 nest tree) was none other than ♀WN/LP#505 herself. This group ok. 1700. Counted stores: 184. Doing alright. Also, I may have written this down before, but in any case, if not, the top part of the dead limb way at the top of the granary has fallen (awhile ago I think), taking with it at least 300 holes as well as the old nest hole (used back in the MacRoberts' days but not since I've been here). I don't think the birds lost many active stores in it, however. Nobody was around while I was here counting. 6 April 1045. Up along the fence line by Keep Out (on the side of Big Tree) were 2 birds, one of whom turned out to be ♂yel-da/yei-#100; I didn't get a look at the 2nd. He flew toward A1 after about 10 min. 1220. Up above A1 were 2 birds; I flew over across the top field by A3 toward Lambert's; the 2nd flew to the top tree and was ♀mauve/LP#505 from here. Thus, it would appear as though both birds are here. 10 April 1500. Bird in the nest hole; flushed out when we drove up. 17 April 1130. Bird in hole. Checked it: 2 fresh eggs. 20 April 1230. Bird in hole: 4 eggs now. Eggs were also rather warm. 30 April 1130. Since none was in the hole, I went up to check (go to p.3)