J. Guth 1987 journal 219. Eastern Trip - British Columbia Aug 1 deciduous trees further S and at lower (cont'd) elevations around Prince George. I drove around the countryside W of Prince George, but found no crossbills. The forests had some lodgepole pine in the sandier areas, but local, all the cones were sparse on the lodgepole here -- not much like the lodgepole I have seen further S in the western mountains. I then drove E of Prince George along the yellow- head Hwy. (Hwy. 16) to a roadside garbage can about 16 mi. E of the center of Prince George. I turned off here, and in a few minutes heard a crossbill -- it was a lone Type 3 bird, which I recorded on tape 81 B, but could not get a shot at it. While this bird called from the top of a +/- 110 ft. spruce, a flock of 5-6 type 4's came around, and I collected a juvenile that called by itself in a small aspen next to the truck. It was bird #602, JGG 514. This interaction took place late in the afternoon, and by about 5:30 pm the rain