June 1985 journal 35. Arizona trip, cont'd May 25 abundant ravens, some brewers blackbirds. No crossbills anywhere. I drove to a place called Dry Flat Overlook-- which was a forest service fire tower and climbed to the top. A siskin few past, a raven, yellow-rumped warblers, and a violet-green swallow. None of the conifers (for miles) looked good -- some of the white fir had new, green cones -- but no other conifer was putting anything out. I drove then (at about 6:00 pm) to a place called Crangy) ue Overlook -- accessible by dirt road only -- which ends up right on the north rim of the canyon. Here I camped for the night. The place was rather low in elevation -- roof-sided towhees around -- generally a brushy ponderosa pine/pinyon pine area. May 26 As soon as there was some light in the sky a pair (2-0?) of crossbills flew over and were attracted to the decoys. No net was set up. The birds were tape recorded but not captured or shot -- sounded like