1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Finch (31 August) 1455. (♂) w/DB #278. (♀) yel/#232. Others hiding around. 1505. (♂) DP/LP #66 pecking at an acorn. 1520. Intruder chased off by several birds in the granary. (♂) DB/M (1530.) jDB/DB-w(n) -#385.! For sure. Oh well. One has to blow these things sometimes! 1536. (♂) ub. 1552. (♂) ca-Bike/ca-Bike #63. Birds continue to trickle by slowly. 1617. j385 around again; (♂) M/Red-Lght #282. 1640. I keep running into j385. Where are all the other babies? So far I've seen birds with both old and new (green) acorns. 1700. I continue to get infrequent but regular looks at various birds, who show no signs of including any of the babies except for j385. Quite odd, if I do say so myself. Obviously I'll have to return for another crack at them all. Counted stores: 170, all in the Valley Oak, of which 20-25 were clearly new. Many of the others were dark and old-looking, however, giving me no reason to believe that this group had ever run out entirely. 1 September 1645. Several birds flushed as I arrived for a brief watch. ♂66, ♀232, ♂282, ♂63. 1656. Finally someone else. (♂) j DB-ca(n)/M #386. 1730. Leaving.. Got one more, at least. 5 September 1500. While walking from the fence up to R1 I found a pile of AW feathers by a rock which, upon examination, included one intact leg (Black-yel/Bk) and a F&WS band along with a feathered skull, parts of wings, etc., which were saved, and which were obviously the remains of j387 from this group. The remains were only