1979 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes fomivivorus Big Basin State Park, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. (1 March) winter (except possibly Palo Escrito). The only 2 nest-producers in the area appeared to be Tanoaks and Live Oaks. Other trees included Wax-myrtle, Douglas Fir, and Madrone. I was impressed with just how arboreal the birds were here. Clearly they spend most of their time way up in the tops of the Redwoods, descending into the lower oak- Tanoake canopy only to harvest acorns and to sap-suck (I did see a sap limb in one Live Oak where an AW was feeding right in from the entrance Kiosk). Something interesting appeared to be going on while we were there (in both areas) - lots of Karrit-cuts, some chasing, and generally - high level activity was evident. However, it was clearly a hopeless task to figure out anything - those birds are so high that you can't see/follow hardly anything. In essence - they are unstudiable. (Who's going to climb 300' up to the top of a Redwood just to get at a nest or roost hole?) There were quite a few birds here, however - partially a function of the good crop but clearly this is pretty good habitat no matter how you look at it. Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. 12 March Set up an ambush at Bluntwo, where there are possibly a very few stored acorns remaining. However, nobody roosted here. 13 March 9:00. In taking down the trap at Bluntwo a bird flushed from a marby tree, so possibly there is a "group" (of at least 1 bird) here nonetheless.