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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