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J. Groth
1986
Journal
126.
Sleep Creek
Northport
Camp
Gatesmeet
Not trespassing
Dog Fir
Larch
Savanna
W.
Larch
Road to Sleep Creek
N↑
In this local area, I do not know, but
NW of this site may have had good
cone crops.
I set up a camp by mid afternoon.
I set up a net by a bushpile in a "corral"
a low area in a gulley surrounded by
trees (aspn, larch, dog fir, white pine).
I heard crossbill song as I first explored,
I think type 4 (did not sound type 2-like).
A flight song. I then lured some
crossbills to the area, and most
many fly over. Birds were generally
in small groups (3-4 birds). except
some flocks of type 2's were larger (up to
eight in a flock).
I lured a group of 4 type 2 birds
nearby, as well as a few female