Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
J. Guth
1987
Journal
149.
Banfoot Park, elev. 8200 ft. Chiricahua
Mts. Cochise Co. Ariz
May 21 flicker, robin.
I saw a large buteo
hawk, but did not identify it
At dusk, whip poor wills were
heard, along with two other
birds I could not identify. One
was an owl that went "who"
deeply, every long interval. Another
gave a very unusual buzzy
whistled song, very lazy, with
a long "whoo-eeo" [illegible]
time.
I have these both near the
end of tape J675A.
May 22 Dawn arrived at about 5:00 am.
Whip-poor-wills & robins sang.
mileage
Crossbills were about very early.
= 50009
the weather was partly cloudy,
breezy, & cool (50's). I watched
birds from about 5:30 - 8:30 am
without catching any. The crossbills
were in small groups, each usually
with some juveniles begging from
both adult males and females. I
could see birds best right around
Banfoot Park. Crossbills were seen
to perch near the tops of Apache
Pines, often & especially in the