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journal
153.
May 23th
1987
Barfoot Park, elev. 6200 ft, Chiricahua
mts., Cochise Co., Ariz
and collect an individual, but could
(contd) not, since the birds were flocking so
closely that I could not for sure
identify individual callers. I was
alone, the two guys had tried
to find Ida Peak (they came into
camp). The flocks were composed
mainly of adult males (all red, as
far as I could tell) and adult
females, with about 10-20% juveniles.
All were type 2's to my ear, with
absolutely nothing unusual about
their vocalizations.
Later a family of campers set up
right next to me (while I was
stuffing skins!) as their kids
came around screaming at throwing
a frisbee near the mist nets. I
decided to leave the area. However,
right before I left, I captured
a pair of crossbills (a lone pair)
birds 523 and 524.
I then drove to a "quiet"
area of the Chiricahuas, just
down the road about a mile. As I
drove, I noticed the mountains
were full of hordes of birds and