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J. Groth
1987
Journal
155.
Baftoot Park, elev. 8200 ft. Chiricahua
Mts., Cochise Co., Ariz.
May 24 The morning weather was clear and cool,
with only a slight breeze. I
decorated as sacrificed 523 and 524
who I kept overnight. I left
after stuffing all of the birds except
the two new ones, and drove down
to Willcox, and got there about
10:36 am and called home. I got
gas and then drove up to the Pinalean
Mountains in Graham County, Arizona.
The Drive, from 11:00 - until about 1:00,
was with clear weather in the desert
with wisps of clouds over the
mountains. The desert was blooming
on the prickly pear and cholla cacti,
and vines along the road were
blooming. The road changed its
habitat along the way. I took
666 N to 366, and took this
up into the mountains. At 5000
ft there were oaks, then
grading to ponderosa pine-douglas-fir,
with a short pinyon grove. The
ponderosa pine was mostly good
with depleted cones, but the
cone on these became sparser
at higher elevations. The long fir