1.6v0th 1985 journal 56. July 31 at Long Park were Mexican Chickadee, yellow-eyed Junco, Band-tailed Pigeon, Pygmy Nuthatch, Hairy Woodpecker, Broad- tailed Hummingbird, Pine Siskin. The siskins always elicited response from the decoys. I drove from the Chivichuvas back to the Apache National Forest, and arrived there by a little past noon. The clouds were gathering over the mountains. Evidently it had rained over most desert and mountain areas in this part of Ariz./New Mexico. I drove up 666 until a few miles North of the last trapping locality, and found a road to the left (W) and drove in perhaps a mile and found a place to camp by 3:30. It then rained over the area, with thunder, lightning, and heavy downpours. I heard and saw a crossbill (type 2 & ?) at this locality. The road was the one to the W of 666, noted Crabtree park 4 mi. I drove in about 1/2 mi., the going rough even with 4WD. Here I accomplished little, but did hear one type 2 crossbill before the rain. The coyotes howled at night, and the area was full of deer and cattle. Much