On May 8, Yves Briere and I spent a day at the Grotto (when a planned 
Valley weekend was rained out).  The poison oak was on our minds during 
the approach, but soon we were bagging many face and crack routes.  Yves 
led Chicken Ranch Bingo 5.9 as a warmup.  Then we both led the 5.10b 
thin crack on the left side of the columns and moved our toprope slowly 
across to the right side.  Along the way, we both fell on the second-to-
left crack (me when a foot slipped low, and Yves somehow when liebacking 
the top).  Yves expressed doubt that the pillar would go (which it did 
at 5.10d/5.11a by grasping both sides).  The final crack on the right 
held a nest with baby bird and the mother dropping in regularly with 
bugs to feed them (yes, we TRed anyway -- a fine climb and the babies 
were deep in the crack).
  We moved over to the "Welcome Wall" where Yves led a 5.11a/b tricky 
steep face (1 hang to locate the next bolt).  Then he led the 5.11d just 
to its right (we both hung at the first bolt).