broth 1985 journal 33. Arizona trip, cont'd to Green, Arizona, up to the White Mountains. The cone crop there was old & dryed-up -- no sign of crossbills, few siskins. Many people were fishing then in various alpine lakes and streams-- as this was only Friday. The decoys were let out several times and I walked around with playbacks -- but nothing in the way of crossbills. Supposedly pine grosbeaks occur in this area, but I heard or saw none, but it was after noon when I explored. Perhaps I should have stayed in the area, but I moved on to Flagstaff via highways 77 to I-40 -- I then camped out north of Flagstaff off Highway 89. May25 Awoke at dawn -- the place I was camped was pure, dry, ponderosa pine savannah -- cones were on the ground under the trees -- dry. There were Steller jays here, a few siskins flying over, and some broad-tailed hummingbirds. The crossbills were put out from 5:00 - 6:30 , but no sign of any wild ones. I then closed-up