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J. Grotz
1987
journal
163.
Arizona to New Mexico
May 30 (cont'd) food and noticed I was loosing air from the left rear tire (slow leak). Got gas and air at Willcox, then drove to Silver City (got there at dusk) then drove up New Mexico highway #61 north out of Santa Rita. This road twisted and turned through a canyon (it was dark, I could not really see), when I got to what I thought was the top I turned off the road into the forested and camped.
May 31 At dawn, just at sunrise, I was awakened to the decoys in the front seat calling loudly in response to wild birds. I got out and made some recordings -- good sized flocks (5-25 birds) were around ... all apparently type 2 by my ear. This looked like a poor area to set up a net -- nothing attractive for the birds -- so I drove N on 61 until I got to Meason Park (a cleared area