1977 Walter D. Koenig 6 Melanerpes formicivorus Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. (12 May) 1600. Walked up Poison Oak Hill on a quest for nests. The first group, on the knoll just before the 2 "hogpits", the quest was successful: after scaring 2 birds, I finally flushed a 3rd from a hole in a Black Oak, leaving several grasping babies. The group has lots of acorns; the hole is ±10 ft off the ground on the distal end of a limb and was marked beneath with a red tag saying "§ 12 May #1". Since this group is just above Finch-R3, they should definitely be banded, and maybe even watched to look for banded adults. 1700. Second nest found is up the hill and then down toward the road side a ways in a tall Valley Oak. I'm not even sure where the granary for this group is, but ① the babies have hatched, and ② one of the residents is [illegible]: FDBRWY RR circle; bands LBlue/Red #336, who came to feed them. The tree was marked with a "§ 12 May #2" red tag, (entire tree is circled) 1720. Nest 3 is in a large Blue Oak, gotten to by walking down toward the road from #2. Babies here sound young also. The gully referred to at the right [Cross Gully next to tree 2, walk toward] [Arnold Saling / 2nd chaparral patch] [about 80-100 meters] is in fact the gully leading down from the November Revolution territory, which is about 100m up from tree 2 (in fact, it may even be their nest). Up at the Rev. area there were several birds (not seen well except for one ub♀), no stores, and nobody in any of the holes. The action, however, inc. several chases, one seen [illegible] involved a bird with an Orange WS on its RW, who was being chased. I'm pretty unclear about group boundaries up here (perhaps they aren't sure either, at least right here).