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Journal
July 6th
1987
Eastern Trip - Newfoundland
July 24 Burgeo Road.
After about Silver Pond,
(dwarfed) the forest became dwarfed at boggy
in spots, with vast open areas of
taiga. I drove to a point about
4 mi. S. of Peter Strides Pond, where
I camped off on a side road. Here
loons cried in flight, just after
suntdown.
July 25 The night was on + off drizzle, at
the morning was the same. Here
I was camped in a wet, boggy
area of dwarfed black spruce at
tamarack. I heard pine grosbeaks
here. W-t sparrows were common.
The mileage on the truck here was
58964.0 , the farthest I would
go on the trip. I was about
59 mi. from the junction w/ the
T.C.H. I did not stay long, at
left at about 8:30 am, going back
toward the T.C.H. It began to
rain substantially. I stopped at
a point about Southwest Brook at
stayed about 2hrs with the
decoy's out -- siskins but no crossbills.
I then drove about 2 mi. more
up the road (in the rain) at stopped