1976 Walter D. Keenig Melanerpes formicivorus Chongo (8 March) side, past where there was much hope of seeing legbands. I did hear one bird of this side once, but he disappeared before I could find him. Somehow I just don't think I'm going to be able to get much of a census here until spring. 15 March 1520. On the way here I flushed at least 2 birds along the side of Red Hill about 75 meters from the storage tree (S); unfortunately I still was unable to get a good look at one. The count was 937; the number of stores has decidedly declined. By the time I finished frequent calls were coming from across the creek, but I saw none on that side of the gulch. I sat by the storage tree to 16:5 watching the other side and saw or heard what are probably 2 groups, one focusing its activity up near the divide of the gulch up on the Buckeye Hill side, probably Chongo, and the other considerably down the gulch, probably Buckeye. I was yet unable to see anybody well enough to see a band. x Birds seen-probably Chongo o Birds heard-probably Buckeye At 1630 I watched 22 birds up on the side of Buckeye directly across from Chongo's storage tree eat buds from a Valley Oak which also had a likely looking roost hole in it. Still no guarantee that they are