1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Lambert Hastings Reservation (12 July) (destroying the fence) taking with it the 1975, 1976, and one of the earlier nest holes with it. (What impresses me is that the birds here have seemingly been avoiding this limb all spring-roosting up the fence line in the next Valley Oak and so forth - an odd coincidence, to say the least.) It clearly fell within the last several days. I'll be back up soon to cut open the '87 nest hole and to explore further - the other 2 known nest holes in this limb both were split in half. The '76 hole had nothing except 1-2 woodrat pellets in it, while nothing was seen in the other. One of the lower holes does have a bird-like nest built inside it (which remains in the tree) made of lichen + mostly small grass stems. Perhaps an old bluebird or swallow nest? Otherwise I counted stores, of which 600 remain in the Hastings Fallen tree. 25 July 915. Watching. 1 bird flushed when I arrived. 1145. A ♂ hawking over in Middle tree: a little too far for a real convincing view, but he appears to be ♂ light/light #114. 1210. A bird seen briefly in the Hastings Valley Oak granary displaced an instructor in a nearby tree. 1213. Now in Middle Tree: ⚫♀ Pinkish/White #283. 1221. ♂LP/LP #114 cache in Middle tree. 1226. Now ⚫283 cache in Middle Tree. 1230. I'm getting a little tired of this. Activity is not spine-gripping here. Waiting until acorn-storing season (mid-September) to try again seems like a good idea. In any case, no unexpected babies have showed up, which is certainly a relief. 30 July ♂284 and ⚫283 6th seen at the Spring this morning.