July 26 1985 Journal 50. call loudly from the truck, and a pair of Type-2-calling crossbills showed up. The ? came down to the ground after I put the caged decoys (327, 298, 273) out. Tried to catch them w/ the hardnet, but this did not work. The pair flew off together to the E after this. I then established a camp on this road about 1/3 mi. N of the point where I found the pair. July 27 I had set up some nets the night before along the road where I camped. Early in the morning I heard crossbills, and there was much crossbill interaction & behavior, including songs & flight songs early, beginning at about 5:25 a.m. Got much on tape. Shot a male crossbill, than caught two other (love?) males in the net. Walked around, and heard crossbills intermittently (all Type 2 sounding). At about 10:30 a pair came down to the caged birds -- could have caught the ? but didn't. This pair flew off together. (Type 2 again--recorded the ? on 55B 15-28. At about this time the thunder started to rumble nearby