1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Chongo (15 March) the right birds, however. 8 April 1515. Set here for ½ hour; as always, there was nobody on this side of the canyon. Only an occasional call was heard from the South side. 1530. *Flash!* A few walks from over across the way led my scope upon a cache of 5 woodpeckers (3♂♂, 2♀♀), of which 2 ♂♀ were identifiable (♂L.B/W7 = #234 and ♀ 4el-1m = #253). ♀#1 was probably also there. No wing streamers were seen, so these may have been the other 5 birds in the group. The location was in one of the conspicuous large Blue Oaks (8) directly across the canyon but a little more up and to the left: [view from above storage tree] looking Southeast sky ValleyOak ValleyOak Blue Oak Wetland Live Oak Zone Big Creek 1610. leaving. 5 May 1130. Despite (rather due to) the drizzly morning I walked back up here to get a quick check on the group. I saw nobody in any of the holes (in the storage or sycamore roost-trees only) but did flush ≥3 birds from the area. The tree is shaped sort of like this