1976 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Miss Bianca Hastings Reservation 21 January 1400. As I was stumbling along toward the Valley Oak storage tree on the far knoll, a bird flushed out of it and landed at the edge of the chapparal for several moments. He appeared, with fair but not infallible certainty, to be an unbanded ♂, making him #365, the bird I missed during December's festivities. Following his departure I checked the marked acorns, I could find 51/80, of which six had been moved. A couple sections had been hit very hard, however (disproportionately so, I think), and I ought to count here soon. 16 February Purge: *212 (jw.) Last seen 19 August '75, gone by 1 Dec '75, - Disappeared ~10 Oct. +/- 1 month. 23 February 930. Counted stores: Knoll Valley Oak: 122 (down conspicuously) Next tree: 837 (still loaded) "New" area: 169 Blue Oak area: 108 Old Tree: 185 (None in main trunk anymore) TOTAL: 1421 I saw ♂ Red/Wh#142 and ♀ y-Red/Lcan.#141 sitting together in a tree above the Old Tree as I left. 21 March 1500. Came by to check up on things briefly, seeing ① M.s.B#140, ② ♂#141, ③♂#142, ④♀RRR#251, ⑤♂ub#365, ⑥♀LP/DB-W(n)#213, and ⑦♀LBR #215, all over in the interface forests toward Black Oak. At 1505 an unbanded ♀ climbed around old tree for a few minutes next to us, best chasing a few minutes later