1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. (2 June) Strikingly enough, I found not a single nest, nor any sign of one. Surely I must have missed something somewhere, as there are one or two groups that do even have acorns, but breeding activity must certainly be pretty negligible. In particular, I saw noone nor w stores at P.O. Hill #2; there are no stores left at the Revolution territory, and no birds in any holes anywhere that I was able to find. I'm glad things aren't quite this bad down in the main study areas! 10 June 950. Walked by Bar-b-q and Near Lambert, but found no evidence of any nest, even though Near Lambert, at least, does have quite a few stores. 11 June 1745. Over on Blonquist's, I flushed one bird, possibly from a hole, at Gazebo, saw an unbanded ♀ + a 2ⁿᵈ bird (but no sign of a nest) at Blountwo (this group appears to be out of stores for sure), and flushed 1 bird and still had at least one other looking out at me from the nesthole at Blomone. 18 June Walked over on Blonquist's this afternoon, finding nothing at Blomone, Blountwo, or Gazebo. Over in the "Windmill Valley", however, I had better luck, finding 2 nests—one where the babies seemed to be quite young and another where I heard nothing when the adult flushed (thus they could be incubating still or may not have a nest at all). Both these groups had ample stores. A very rough map (to be improved on later) is on the back. 20 June 1645. No sign of birds or a nest at Near Lambert. Stores remain here, however. All very quiet.