1981 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes famicivorus Lower Arnold 2 Hastings Reservation 15 June 1530. Banded and bled the 2 babies here (who are still amazingly thin but could make it) as #697 and 698. Also counted stores: somehow, they still have at least 150 acorns in the outside tree here. 1 July 800. Opened the nest hole - there's a lot of dried crap inside, but no sign of the babies, so I presume they fledged. 2 August Purge: 3 unbanded: Last seen 7 April, gone by 14 May → Disappeared about 26 April ± 2 wks. 16 August 1000. There are, incredibly enough, a few acorns left here.