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1. June
1985
journal
38.
Arizona trip, cont'd
May27 few good lodgepole pine areas. No crossbills
were encountered. Most other common
birds of the Sierra were heard or
seen. Also, earlier in the day I
stopped in the northern part of the Owens
valley (an area of Jeffrey Pine) and also
explored the road up to Mono Pass -- but
found nothing in the way of crossbills. Plenty
of Cassin's finches in the Northern Owens
Valley in Jeffrey pine areas. From
108 I headed back to the Bay Area.
May30 California/Oregon trip
I set off today for Northern California to
look for crossbills. I head N on I-5 to
Redding, and from there went W on 299
to Douglas City. From there I went W
on Hwy 3 to Hayfork. On Hwy 3 I
stopped on Hayfork Summit to search for
crossbills, but found nothing. The cone cup
or ponderosa in this area was new
and green. From Hayfork, I traveled
W on a Natl Forest Road to Hyampom,
then continued W on a dirt road
until I got to an unidentified dirt road
that went S up a mountain just about