1.6oth 1986 journal 131. for signs of crossbills, but cone crops were poor. lodgepole pine was here, but not a good crop. Aug 2 the camp was in an area somewhat logged, but with fairly good-looking habitat for crossbills. Some trees had cones [Englemann spruce] but nothing on white pine or larch. Doug fir had a very few new, green cones. At about 6:30 a pair of Type 2 adults came to the decoys, as 387 had especially called loudly. I recorded the birds but did not get them. Later, a lone ♂ Type 2 came around. He called for a long time (>10 min) from the treetops, but would not come down. I played his calls back to him about 6 times - (maybe 10 times), this excited him somewhat, and finally he came down and was caught. (Bird 470). -- a pinkish adult ♂. It was going to be a long, hot day. I prepared the specimen, then broke camp by 9:00 pm and headed out. Hard here. I drove to Magee, then finally came out of the forest at Wallace. From