J. Groth 1985 journal 60. Aug 2 I arose at approximately 5:30 a.m. The morning was overcast with scattered rainclouds in all directions. I took out the cantine crossbills and got recordings of birds #356 and #358. No crossbills were evident here, although no doubt they were present earlier in the year as a fading cone crop was on the ponderosa pines in the area. Pine Siskin, Pygmy Nuthatch, Mt. Chideadee, Solitary Vireo, At about 8:30 I decided to leave the area. Rain was about to occur, and the forecast was for continued showers through the weekend. I took 76 to 3, took 3 N to the NM border. It was raining everywhere. I searched the mountains near Las Trampas, but rain & cold were bad, with wind, and no cones were on the trees here. Hwy 3 became Colorado 159, which I took N to Ft. Garland. I then drove W on 160 to South Fork, Colo., and from there took 149 to the NW. This road follows the Rio Grande river. Bordering the river were mesas, some had very sparse pine savanna with fair cone crops. Also, some spruces here had cones. When I