1979 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. 26 July I want to note here that as of this date our captive 1-yr-old ♀ Acorn Woodpecker Winnie is molting her 9th primaries, and her secondaries from both sides in→ e.g. her 4th and 8th simultaneously with #s 5,6, and 7 old! 11 October 1320. Wandered over on Blonquist's to Corral Viejo Canyon. The roundup: Blontwo: no sign of birds or stores. CV Cyn#1: No birds seen. Few if any stores. The limb in which the nest hole was located this spring fell; no sign of casualties. CV Cyn#2: Conspicuously lacking stores, though there are birds here and the place is loaded with acorns. A likely place for a fall nest. 12 October 1045. Back over on Blonquist's, I first watched the large dead granary out by the road in Corral Viejo Cyn and saw 25 birds, none banded (see Gazebo notes). I then watched at CV Cyn#2 for 20 min. or so, but saw no one go to the nest tree and discovered no sign of a nest. 14 October 1645. Up at PO Hill #1 I flushed one bird and saw some stores but noted no sign of a nest. 8 November 1400. On the way down from the Arnold I noted that the granary along the road at ARF (past the old ARF tree itself) has stored acorns, as does ARF, too. There are birds around here. 9 November 1300. Up from the road towards Warp 5 is an unbanded ♀ (in the targe VO). At Warp 5 itself are stored acorns (not a lot, but some). The ♀ plus someone else probably reside here. 10 November Our pet woodpecker Winnie proved to me today that