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journal
32.
). Grotk
1985
Chivicahua Mt's, Cochise Co, Arizona
May 23 yellow-eyed juncos (a juvenile was seen,
with some breast streaks and begging --
this was right on the creek at dusk,
great-horned owls and whip-poor-wills
were heard. Kathy & I walked down
Turkey Creek past some cabins -- a
beautiful walk -- I took along some pine
cones of Chivacahua pine and a little
cholla cactus for Debbie.
May 24 Kathy & I both got up at about
4:00 am. We had coffee & cookies
for breakfast, packed, said goodbye,
and left. Kathy saw a bear on the
road on the way out. I drove
north, taking Highway 66b through the
Apache - Sitgreaves Natl. Forest. In the
southern part, it looked like a fairly
good cone crop on the ponderosa pine
and pinyon pine -- both about the only
conifers and both with green cones.
North of about Arizona Canyon Meadow the
ponderosa pines had no old or new cones.
I stopped several times here at them
with decoys, but obviously poor for
crossbills just before Springville townent