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J. Booth
1985
journal
39.
California/Oregon trip
5 miles W of Hyampou. About 2½ miles
up this road I found a place to camp
in a recently clearcut area.
May 31 I got up at dawn and set-up one
net and used all three decoys (273,298,305).
First, a [illegible] one male (lone) was caught,
(bird 319) and then another lone male (320).
Som after, a flock of six arrived
and all were captured (321-326). At
about noon a flock of about 20 crossbills
arrived -- and 15 of these were captured.
This larger flock was released. The
composition of the flock was mixed Types
3 and 4 (about equal ratio) with all adult
birds. One type 3 female had faint juvenile
traces on the midbelly. No males had
cloacal protuberances. I spent all day
preparing the 8 specimens (319-326).
A pine siskin was nesting nearby, also
juncos, 0-5 flycatchers, r-5 towhees, house
wrens, western tanager.
June 1 I set up the net from 6:30 - 9:00 am
in the same spot as yesterday, but
It was drizzling rain. Nothing was