1977 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Bianca (23 October) 1132.0 8' DB/la #411 hawking in upper area. Moving over to LA2. 18 December Counted stores: Old tree: 69 Blue Oaks: 155 Main tree: 15 (the last remaining storage limb in this tree has recently fallen, entailing a loss of x200 stored acorns and about 400 holes. The entire tree has about 150 holes left to its name. A sample of 100 acorns was taken from the fallen limb.) Black Oak: 35 "New" area: 248 Other Valley Oak: 0 Miss Bianca (#140) and several other birds were in the area. 31 December More losses: the "Old tree," with only 69 acorns as of 18 December but perhaps as many as 500 holes still functional, fell entirely within the last 2 weeks. A ♀ was in a hole in the Valley Oak nest tree (below the former '76 nest hole, now defunct), as I surveyed the rest of the area.