journal 63. 1) biath 1985 The crossbills turned out to be a pair of mates. They perched high in a ponderosa pine above the net. One was vocalizing, and I believe this was the one that I shot (Bird 359). The other came down close to the ground, and after recording I took a shot at it from 20 ft. with my .22, but didn't get it. He then flew to a treetop, where he called and I got good recordings. This bird sounded bilingual, with a weird, high- pitched alternate call in addition to regular Type 2 calls. This male got away. I heard no other crossbills all morning, although five giskins flew over about every 10 min and always excited the decoys. I think I heard an Evening Grosbeak once fly over, which also excited the decoys. One bird could not be identified - it gave a low "hoot-hoot" call -- looked like a gray jay or pine grosbeak -- but in ponderosa pine? By afternoon I drove searching