Field notes, v1752
Page 479
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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