1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Bianca (16 July) on it! Furthermore, they all obligingly showed me their bands: ①♂DB/LA #411, ②♂wn-DB/M #412, ③♂Or/WN#214, and ④♀LB/Or-LA #303. 21 September 1810. Coming here to watch roosting I flushed ③or/wn#214 from the area. 28 September 650. After several days of preparation an ambush this morning successfully yielded ①♂ub→477, from the '75 nest hole ②♀141, ③♂412, from the hole in the Blue Oak across the gulch. I have no idea where the others (?) are roosting. This group does have stores now; it ♂ is also now presumably composed entirely of banded birds! 15 October 1030. Counted stores: [illegible] (! All but 3 in "new" area) +2 in Blue Oak area. Very marginal. Didn't flush any birds. 9 November 1200. 2 birds sitting in the snag over on the lower edge where I saw the birds on 16 July. One, however, appeared to be ♂WN/BIR-LA #428 from Black Oak. 30 November Purge: ♀251, ♀413. Both last seen 14 February (!), gone by ~29 May → Dis. about 6 April ± 1 month. 9 December 1230. 3 birds flushed from the area. 10 December 1100. Watching. 1115. ①♂Or/DB? Who is this bird? ♂or/ ? ? ②♀LP-Or/#412 #141. 1130③♂BIR/Or-Yel? What's going on here? 1150. ♂ drinking out the water hole in the Black Oak. 1200. Moved closer. ♀141 seen well. 1245. ③ Black/Or-Yel (lower left band apparently not split), This bird is ③426 from Black Oak!