journal 202. 1. Groth 1987 Adirondack Mts. to New Hampshire July 20 excited (called more) for fly-overs of evening (con't) crossbills, while 305 called more than 367 for anything else, especially pine siskins. I stayed here with the decoys out for about 2 hr. -- no sign of red crossbills. I then drove N and E along Hwy 3 to Plattsburg. The cones on the white pines became slightly more numerous in this region, but still very young and green. After Plattsburg, I took a ferry boat to Vermont (cost: $6.25) to Pearl, Vermont, where I took Hwy. 2 to Burlington, and then took Interstate 89 E to Montpelier and Barre, Vermont. At Barre, I continued E on Hwy. 302, stopping at Groton, Vermont, where I called Julie Smith about her forwarding my maps to Canada. She had sent them the previous Monday (to Bangor, ME, postoffice). The weather all day had been cloudy and drizzly, with strong rain in patches. The forests here had white pine as a potential food source for red crossbills, but only young, green cones. I drove E into New Hampshire at Woodsville, then took