Field notes, v1752
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journal 135. J. Groth 1986 Aug 6. I remained at the sawtooth site until about 2:00 pm, after I had collected an additional eight birds. Two type 5's were obtained today (the only two encountered); no type 4's were seen. Again, flocks of Type 2 juveniles. An adult → (the only one seen in this area) was collected [bird 488]. The weather was hot + dry again, but smokey, as fires in Oregon forests sending smoke over was x over much of S Idaho these last few days. In general, it was a "slow" day today, both for crossbills & for other species, as the grosbeaks were not seen, nor the gray jays. I did have a porcupine walk into camp. I drove to Boise later and stayed at a motel. Aug 7. Drove to the Nat'l Forest (Wallowa-Whitman) around Unity on Aug 26 in Oregon. From around 9:30 to 5:30 I stuffed skins in a lodgepole pine area. The dewys were out [birds 387 & 395] but were not excited very often by passing cardinals. One type 2 bird was