1991 Walter D. Koenig Asyndesmus Lewis San Antonio Valley, Santa Clara Co., California 28 May Morne, Mark, Jill Goldstein and I headed off from Hastings bright and early at 0300 in pursuit of Lewis' Woodpecker nests and nestlings with the far-fetched idea (thanks to Nick Davis) of transplanting them into Acorn Woodpecker nests and seeing if any delay dispersal and help. The drive up Mt. Hamilton is quite beautiful, and we passed Fanny's place on the way down. Things didn't look that promising, however, until we rounded the corner of San Antonio Valley Rd (see map on back) and got out to look a bit. Habitat was very nice and open oak (mostly Blue) woodland with some digger pines. It was loaded with hole-nesting birds- Acorn Woodpeckers, Starlings, Ash-throated Flycatchers, and, yes, Lewis Woodpeckers. We all split up and wandered around for about an hour, coming up with 4 nests! Thus, by 900 we were busy climbing and opening up nests. My 1st nest had 3 babies and an adult (who stayed put while I jumped up, sawed open the hole, and everything) who we took some pictures of. Mark had a free-climb with 2 babies and an adult as well. Morne had another nest with 2 babies; these 3 nests were all in Blue Oaks not more than about 200m apart at the most. Finally, we went back to my nest which was back toward the bend in the road and found 1 more baby for a total of 8. In the meantime, Mark opened an Acorn Woodpecker nest for 4 more