J. broth 1986 journal 56. Colorado, cont'd 1 June good-looking crossbill habitat highway 165 wove through mountain valleys, with generally steep slopes with spruce/aspen, and no cones on the trees. At 165 I turned down 67 to Florence, Colo., [this went downhill through a mountain valley with a stream]. A Florence I headed NW to Canon City then continued NW to Guffey. Just beyond Guffey the San Isabel National Forest had its boundary. Much of the land here was very dry intermountain prairie with a ponderosa pine savanna, mixed with rare pinons and juniper. It was a very open habitat-type. The cones here were fairly good on the ponderosa pine, but very young and green, especially in the lighter areas. This area did not seem appropriate for crossbills at this time. N of Guffey, along the road near the Eleven Mile Canyon Reservoir, the pines gave way to a pure, high elevation intermountain prairie. Horned larkes were abundant here. I took the road N to Glentivar and got on westbound Hwy 24/285 to Johnson Village, at the foot of part of Mounts Princeton, Harvard, and Yale.