1981 R.C. Mumme Melanotpes formicivorus Arnold I (14 Oct) Later, I find many Al birds in the "centerfield" Valley Oak, including 9567 M/Red, and a good look at ♂100 Yellow-DGrn/Yellow-DGrn. 9567 later seen Lots of acorns stored here already. 11 Dec Counted stores: A guess, really, because the counter was fucking up. Anyway... TOTAL 3300 or so. Doing pretty well. Also I saw ♂566 Blk/or-BLK ♀568 and ♀680 Yellow/cBlue-Red in the vicinity of Big Tree. It even appeared that these birds were storing acorns in a broken Valley Oak near the down Big Tree granary. (I found 1 stored acorn). Also, I was fairly sure (not positive) that I saw ♂566 fly up near Keep Out, then fly down to the Al granary. Perhaps KO is just an extension of Al, and not a group unto itself. That might explain the rather low attendance at Keep Out.