1-6th 1985 journal 40. California/Oregon Trip June 1 captured. I packed up and left, and continued on the dirt road until it connected with 299, then I headed E to Redding again, past Redding to Bieber. From Bieber, I headed N and explored parts of the Modoc Nat'l Forest. W of Bieber to Redding the ponderosa pine cone crop was green-- looked good for this winter. Around 4:00 pm I got on to Hwy 139 and went N into Oregon. By nightfall I was near Calimns Butte, where I camped in a lodgepole pine stand. June 2 I got up -- cold, frost on the ground. I set out the decoys and set up a net out in the middle of a clearcut. A black-backed woodpecker pair was building a nest hole here. Also seen were gray jays, a clark's nutcracker, townsend's solitaire, black-capped chickadee, r-b nutatches. Pine siskins were common. At about 9:30/10:00 a flock of 8 type 2 crossbills flew in -- these were tape recorded, but none were captured. Perhaps I did not have the right kind of decoy. One female came close, but