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Transcription
Journal
133.
J. Groth
1986
to Galena Pass
Hwy 75
Big Wood River
camp
--dirt road
--dirt road
N
stream
to Ketchum
gap
I was on a hilltop overlooking a natural gap (the river cut), and with a good view of pine savanna all around.
I first heard some type 2 birds very early, and it turned out to be a group of 3 juvenile ♂♂, 2 of which were shot & collected (birds 471 & 472).
Later, more type 2 crossbills were seen, most of this activity recorded on tapes J66 70 & 71. Since Type 5's were seen (a pair & a lone bird) but none were captured. I saw no adult ♂ today, just flocks of Type 2 juveniles. Birds were seen to forage on lodgepole, which had a good, ripening crop. Birds would rarely dislodge the cones, but sometimes cones would fall, and trees had a few used cones on the ground.
I captured a bunch of birds, then