1981 R.C. Munne Melanerpes formicivorus Poison Oak Hill 23 Nov Strolling around up here, 1230 - , I make the following notes on the status of the groups up here; (see map, reverse) ① PO Hill #1 -- Occupied + doing well: About 300 or so acorns stored in the various limbs: One small section of the main branch had fallen, with about 50 acorns, and I lodged it back up in the tree. All the stored acorns were agrifolia, (the only acorns I saw on the ground on the way up were agrifolia ② PO Hill #2 -- Marginal, at best. Maybe 10 or 20 stored in the Valley Oak. Will have to check again, later. ③ Revolution -- Unoccupied; scant few storage holes after the fire. ④ Finch Ridge -- Occupied + doing pretty well. A Valley oak granary: Both lobata and agrifolia acorns in the storage limbs: a banded ♂ Metal/DBlue (pretty sure), DBlue-Wht/Mauve or Blue (a guess) seen further down the ridge may belong to this group. ⑤ Low Post -- occupied, though not many acorns yet; Live Oaks nearby have a good crop. Valley Oak, back-style granary; Metal/CPink (probably) A banded ♂, Br-Or/Red (a wild guess) almost certainly is in this group. ⑥ Post Flat -- One of the two 'guardian' VO's near the lower edge is the granary. Well-stocked with acorns; ⑦ False summit -- unoccupied, apparently for some years ⑧ Far Summit -- occupied, doing fairly well, acorn wise. Small VO granary, much poison oak around past