Field notes, v1752
Page 465
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J. Guth 1987 Journal 148. Beefoot Park, elev. 8200 ft, Chiricahua Mts., Cochize Co., Ariz. May 21 according to the Golden Field Guide to (cont'd) Trees: However, the back of the pines is dark-grayish, with furrows looking more like Doug fir than like Ponderosa pine. The needles are in bunches of 3-5. Other pines here are limber pine and rarer Douglas fir. Rare junipers, no oaks. I watched crossbills most of the afternoon and evening. I did not catch any. I caught and collected a male pine siskin. The crossbills were in medium-sized flocks of 4-10 birds. Most looked like adults, with about 15% juveniles, many of which begged from adults. Adults fed on open Apache pine cones. Juveniles (the two or so I saw) nibbled on tree bark. All calls they gave were just like typical Type 2, including alarms, toots, and flight calls. I noted other birds, including Solitary vireo, black-headed grosbeaks, western tanagers, yellow-eyed juncos', raven, sharp-shinned hawk (seen on the drive up), Steller's Jay,