1981 R.L. Mumme Melanerpes formicivorus Road 1 5 Aug Start 0700. J672 CBlue / DBlue-Yellow (N) seen right off the bat in the Sycamore. Very white eye, and it looks like it might be in male plumage. ♀383 Yellow-Dbr/Yellow in the 1º granary, and ♂486 appears Even ♂294 shows his seldom DBlue-whr (N)/white seen Face, Bpink / DBlue-Yellow ♀269 in the 1º granary, and ♂579 orange/orange in the holey VO above the granary, Birds still doing a bit of Sapsucking from the live oak behind (downhill) the granary. Even a wrentit in the sap tree. 0800, ♂577 shows up in the granary. Four birds I watch fly over the crest of Poison Oak Hill, for God-knows what reason, Immediately, though, the granary is full of Finch intruders: ♂501 Lern/Yellow, ♂542 CBlue-Or/CBlue, ♂3540 Degree / Apink Lots of chasing, mildly by ♀383, then ♂486 returns, and there followed a very bitter scrap, with grappling, involving ♂♂. For added confusion, here at the same moment was ♀567 m/Red from A1 entered the territory here virtually simultaneously with the Finch ♂♂. Could she be moving into Finch? The Finch ♂♂ looked very interested in the acorn situation here, which is still very good. 0830, Bedlam! A full scale revolution, dare I say, except that I know there are no breeding vacancies here. Probably just expansionist tactics by Finch birds. ♀541 also turned up here. 0850, things starting to calm. Rd 1 appears in control. The only other bird I saw during all this was J673 who also was still in ♂/Juv Plumage, so perhaps it is still too early to tell. It does make me wonder a bit about ♀578 + ♂580.