J. Groth 1987 journal 183. Eastern Trip, California to Montana July 8 Mileage on truck = 53280. Drove from Berkeley at around 9:00 am E on I80 to Wells, Nevada. From Wells, I went N on Hwy. 93 to Idaho Springs, where I picked up I86 to Pocatello, Idaho. At Idaho Falls, I went N on Hwy 20 to West Yellowstone. I pulled-off and slept just N of Ashton, in the beginning of the Targhee Nat'l Forest. July 9 I woke w/ dawn. Cool, partly cloudy, This is a lodgepole pine savanna habitat, but I heard no crossbills in the few minutes I stayed at this locality. Dark rain clouds to the N over Yellowstone. I went into the Park at West Yellowstone, then went E to Madison, then Norris, Canyon, Tower, and out at Silver Gate, Montana. I saw many elk, a buffalo, and heard a Type 5 crossbill at a wayside near Tower. The weather was intermittent rain and a cover of dark clouds. By about 7:00 am I made it to Cooke City, Montana, where there are some forest roads going up into the mountains. I drove up these