1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Santa Barbara, 27m. W. Durango, Durango, Mexico. 7900' elev. (18 January) and samples, as well as getting about 25 stored acorns for later analysis. The granaries found (first 5 in the morning, the other 6 in the afternoon) sized up as follows: DBH(cm) Species Alive? In use? - 60 "Yellow-pine" dead Yes In draw. Storage in dead wood told of bark ✓ 40 " [see below] " Yes In open woodland ✓ 30 " " Yes In open woodland. ✓ 30 " " Yes " " ✓ 29 " Alive Yes " " Storage in bark ✓ 32 } 50 ft. " Alive Yes " " Storage in dead limb ✓ 45 } apart " " Yes " " Storage in bark- ✓ 35 " Dead No " " Mostly fallen ✓ 46 " " Yes " " Mostly fallen ✓ 42 " " Yes " " Storage in bark ✓ 22 " " Yes " " Amazingly enough, virtually no birds were ever seen, except for the one I saw at The beginning, one very near that spot drinking from a wetterough, and one other flushed from his granary. No vocalizations were heard. The birds were laying low indeed. (The wind was blowing here all day). The woodland here was quite flat (except for occasional dry washes) and open, with wide areas of bunchgrass in between the trees. There were no real large trees here, though there had been no obvious logging activity. Most likely it had been