1979 Ronald L. Mumme 2 Melanerpes formicivorus Bianca Hastings Reservation (22 June) I feel fairly certain was White/Metal, ♂/26 formerly of Arnold 3. I could not tell sex or banding status of the second bird. An unbanded ♀ cruised through the Eastern end of the territory, flying from south to north, but she looked like she didn't belong here. End 1215 23 June Again watching here, I saw (or I'm again fairly sure I saw) ♂126 and also perhaps his Arnold 3 sibling, ♂123 D Blue-Metal, who was at Arnold 3 yesterday getting the shit kicked out of him (see Arnold 3 22 June). Birds making themselves tough to watch, always well down the hill or on the far, far side of the ravine. 24 Aug Start watch 0820. Three birds definitely here, 2 ♂♂ and a ♀ that Walt had seen a few weeks ago. She seems very friendly and noisy. 0840. She is definitely unbanded. 0955. Well well, four birds perched together in the dead top branches of a Valley Oak. 2 were♀♀, one of which may have been banded, but I really don't know. One of the ♂♂ looked like ♂123 D Blue/L Blue Orange, while the other looked like ♂126 White/Metal, but my looks were not very good and often conflicting. 1015 Bird gone, flown off to north (heading for spring?) end watch. See 42 notes 25 Aug Start watch 0845. I'm sitting under a Valley Oak near the edge of the burn, watching dead top branches of a Valley Oak where the all the Bianca - Black Oak - CA2 action was yesterday (Mapo Suck) when I first arrived, there were 3-4 birds fooling around in the ravine, but at least two of them flew off well to the north, past the eastern end of Black Oak. The Black Oak baby was briefly in