Acorn woodpecker species accounts, v4446
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1980 Walter D. Koenig 7 Melanerpes formicivorus San Geronimo, Marin Co., Calif. (18 March) about Bob Stewart having seen a Yellow-crowned Acon Woodpecker up in Point Reyes or some such prior to 1975; I'll have to ask him about that next time I run into him. Jane Tyler's house, by the way, is at the very top of the hill in San Geronimo at the end of Tamarack. To get there you turn left off Sir Francis Drake, right on Meadow Way to Sylvester; Sylvester then turns into Tamarack which then goes up to the top. This area is beautiful Douglas fir forest. Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif. 9 April 1700. Over at Blomtwo there are 2 birds making some kind of ruckus, suggesting that there may indeed be a group here. 12 April 825. There are definitely 22 birds over at Blomtwo again. 14 April 815. An Acon W. stopped by briefly and [illegible] several times right in front of Red House, then flew off up the hill toward Lamb's. 16 May 900. Finally made it up to Poison Oak Hill. Right away I flushed a bird from a hole up at PO Hill #1, where there are 4 eggs, incubated. This is in the same Black Oak where there was a nest a few years ago, but in a different hole. After checking the hole in the canyon below the Revolution territory I went down to the territory where I banded several babies a few years ago. This time they again had babies, again in the same hole up in the same Blue Oak. With some difficulty, however;