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1980 Ronald L. Mumme
2
Journal
Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, Monterey County, CA
(12 Jan) Q. douglasii (acorns of both species littered the
ground in some areas) and, as far as we could tell,
Q. agrifolia.
(2)
The woodpecker population
still seems a bit low.
A good proportion of the
granaries there were unused.
Those that were [illegible] in use
were usually well-stocked with acorns.
Overall, there
did not seem to be an extremely abundant population,
although we did watch one group of six flycatching
from the top of a Digger Pine.
2 ♀ Common Mergansers
Back at Hastings, Three-Penny Opera at Hidden Valley.
Hastings Reservation, Monterey County, CA
13 Jan A rainy nasty day. Shelled acorns with Walter, lunch
at Red House, then return to Berkeley in a driving
rainstorm.
24 Jan Arrived here about 1830 after stopping by at the
PSG meeting in Asilomar and suffering (and not noticing)
a 5.5 earthquake centered in Livermore.
Dave Winkler, Suzanne Morse,
Johnny Anderson, Steve Melinda Pruett-Jones.
Arrived late.
At the PSG, saw Tony DeGange, Ralph BT Schriever
25 Jan Watched at Blom-one, 1500 * 1800 on this frosty-morn
wart afternoon day.
Things are really quite green
compared to last year, the creeks are flowing, and
the weather's been unusually warm.
3 Cinnamon Teal at
Blomquist, and a pair of copulating Aestrels at
1500 were the days avian highlights.
In the
evening, a fun party at the cabin with