J. Gnth 1986 journal 90. as seen from Hwy 126 from La Cuera to Cuba, there was the beautiful ponderosa pine savanna as I had imagined would be ideal for type 2 crossbills. However, the trees were bare & not even flowering very strongly. The spruces along the bottoms of the canyons were bare of cones -- mostly Douglas Fir, but also Engelman and Blue. No crossbills were encountered on several stops, although the weather became increasingly cloudy, blowing, and rainy. Finally, at the very high elevations on the W side, the weather turned to blowing hail with snow flakes. The road down toward Cuba was very poor; just dirt & very bumpy. Along this route, the birds encountered were finchles, Robins, Pine Siskins, T. solitaries. At the very high ridge on the S side, there were Evening Grosbeaks, Black-headed grosbeaks, Pine Siskins, Hairy Woodpeckers W. Woodpeckers, y-r. warblers. From Cuba, I drove N on 96 to Gullina, then E on 84 to Espanola. Here the road passed mainly through lower elevation but some ponderosa pine were