1979 Ronald L. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus (Unknown Group ?) Hastings Reservation 2 July While out looking for the fledglings from Plaque, I may have stumbled upon a heretofore unknown group of wickers. I was kicking around "MacRoberts" and Blonquist Knoll (Pam had seen the Plaque babies here, and earlier in the AM I saw one of the Plaque adults fly in that direction). I moved west across the Reservation fence line that runs N-S, into a small blue oak canyon, across a ridge, and into a second blue oak canyon to find [illegible] two woodpeckers, one an unbanded male symbol and the other of unknown banding status. They were moving around together within a fairly well defined area at the base of Red Hill, bounded on the north by chaparral and a E-W fence line (Not the Reservations) and on the west by open pasture. I saw one of the birds harvest one of the baby acorns from a Live Oak amidst the chaparral !! There is a very dilapidated granary in a bleached broken trunk of a long-dead Blue (?) Oak along the chaparral, E-W fence line, plus a few marginal looking roost holes. I'll have to check it out further. 3 July I tried to watch roosting in the couple of holes I had scoped out, but I saw or heard no birds. Perhaps it's not a legitimate group. Earlier in the day I walked around, exploring the "territory" and didn't see anybody. In MacRoberts canyon, however, I saw two birds (Plaque adults?) chase an intruder far up the canyon toward Red Hill. 10 July Tried to find birds here today, seeing nothing,