J. Groth 1987 journal 216. Eastern Trip - Ontario to British Columbia July 29 W to just E of Ignace, Ontario, where (cont'd) I turned off S of Hwy 17 into a clearcut jack pine / aspen / spruce forest & camped for the night. July 30 I had the decoys out at dawn while I had breakfast. Heard no Crossbills. The weather was sunny & warm. I left the spot by about 7:30 am, & continued W. to Manitoba. Conifers were replaced by hardwoods after Lake-of-the-Woods, & I did not again see many spruces until just E of Brandon, Manitoba. Here the white spruce were loaded with green cones. I did not explore Spruce Woods Provincial Park or Forest, but suspected there may have been crossbills if there were good thick stands of trees with cones. I continued W to Grenfell, Saskat- chewan, where I stayed at a motel. It rained that evening. July 31 I drove from Grenfell, Saskatchewan, to just W of Chetwynd, British Columbia, today. I saw no conifers until around Edmonton, but I did not explore the area, as the forests were