J. Grouth 1987 journal 146. Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise Co., Ariz. May 21 as their condition as suitability for crossbills, the Douglas fir looked like it had put out a good crop of cones were now depleted and drying. The lunker pine had some new & old cones. The yellow pine (Apache) was with ripe cones, but not extraordinary. At Barfoot Park I immediately saw two red crossbills on the road drinking from a water hole. They looked smallish. The trees had Crossbills in good numbers and I saw some others flying off from the water holes toward the scout camp. All of the calling I heard was Type 2. The decoys, birds 305 + 387, became excited as called. I did some taping (see JG 75A). I set up a camp on a picnic table 150 meters west of the main Scout building. Then I walked around observing and listening to the many crossbills around. All that I heard were Type 2 birds, including flight calls, one good series of typical Type 2 alarm calls,