Field notes, v1409
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c. Koford 19 Journal 28 June 1969 Canin del Nido, Sierra del Nido, Chihuahua Limber "pines to 80" tall; large ponderosa "pine". Flushed Band-tailed Pigeon near streambed (Canyon bottom about 200 yds wide); still nest (of this?) about 20' up in oak. 0720, 6500', trail crossed creekbed to E. Bottom 100 yrs. wide. Limber pine + alberry - leafed oak. Saw group 6+ ad and juv. Mexican jays skipping. Ruf-sided Towhee. Scott Oriole sang in dead oak tree; g b d d g l V (black hd + lil, yellow wing bar). Big Hummerdr. blue-green [illegible] in oak by trail, 3' up 50 745 (700') red - forest wallers forage in twigs + foliage of alpine leafed oak. Saw oftenering crab 3rd time to E., I squished for birds under big alberry. Leafed oak and a or Coppery-tailed Trogon came + perched under canopy, 60' from me (wide canyon open rocky face) at 7000', "ponderosa" pine stands about 80' I still saw in canyon bottom now narrow! On slope to W, pines scattered, dominant. Mexican jays, before. Ruf-sided Towhee, or Hepatic Trogon near trail in bottom of draw. Large "ponderosa" pine fragment. Pair of Band-tailed Pigeons flushed from nest, pair 15' up in column oak. Tundra. Saw first lone ever, or of Sevirus . Occ. pass of before - ruf-sided Towhee. / 0815, passed large canyon break cutting frank- big builder worked down; rock face reddish. 0830, heard Coppery-tailed Trogon calls from side canyon when rock outcrop, other. Clou-clou- " in series of 5. / Saw small pines had 6" needles in females of 5 = ?), 7200'. / Three parrots flew on + perched in top of 100' yellow pine, when they probed w. little at core. Bunches of needles of cut trunk tree fell. a few other joined flocks. I walked under trees clapping my hands, & they remained, feeding + squawking! 7500', first Douglas fir, about 10' diam., 80' tall; also needle pine. Many 4" long green cones w. scales on tree. Some squirrel came from below. / Again, call of Coppery-tailed Trogon, Clou repeated 5-6x at 1/2 sec. intervals, slightly descending in pitch, about 8 pines. There about 200 yrs. up pine slope to E. of