July 29 unidentified hummingbird appeared to meet the description of a rufous hummingbird, but also there were mainly Broad-tailed Hummingbirds in the open weedy areas. A Hermit Thrush and a white-breasted Nuthatch were captured. One lone male, who followed the typical behavior pattern as described, was shot after pre-recording (bird 355). At about 12:30 pm I broke camp and headed N on Hwy 666. The clouds were coalescing into rain clouds, and it was raining by the time I got to Hannagans Meadow. I stopped at a point about halfway through to Hannagans Meadow, and heard a crossbill in song, but was unable to locate the bird immediately. Additionally, I heard intermittent crossbill song out the window. But once up into the spruce-fir at 8500 + ft. -- no crossbills, since there was little apparent conifer resource. The habitat north of the spruce-fir zone, near Alpine, Arizona, appeared good, but the ponderosa pines were perhaps less fruitful here. From Alpine I drove east into New Mexico, through a town called Luna, then south through the Gila National Forest through G Wood.