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J. Groth
1986
journal
103.
3 June I got to Tennessee Pass by around 4 or 5:00.
Weather was overcast, drizzly. I searched
around, then went to the place where
the railroad tunnel was. Here a
lone type 5 crossbill flew in in response
to playback blasting, but the bird flew
right over.
I decided to camp near this area,
and found a place at the top of
a clearing just here, at the N
side of Tennessee Pass:
x previous camp
R.R.
clearing
camp
Road
Pass
ski
area
Hwy 24
N
4 June I got up at dawn. Same birds here as
at the previous camp, but including
Mountain Bluebirds and white-crowned
also Wilson's
sparrows, warblers.
At around 5:30 I caught a lone male
type 5 bird (#396) -- my guess a breeder
with a nest someplace right here. Later,
by around 6:30 I caught a flock of four
(birds 397-400) which were composed of