journal 221. ). 6voth 1987 Eastern Trip, B.C., Bowron Road Aug 2 into a gravel pit. Here I stayed (cont'd) for about 1/2 hours or slightly more, and heard nine siskins, purple finches, and saw 5 white-winged crossbills fly over, which excited the decoys. No red crossbills. I then drove further S on the Bowron Road, trying to get to Bowron Provincial Park, but there were no signs and I could not find a way. I think most of the roads here are just logging access, as there is no two-way to Quesnel, B.C., so I drove around these roads for most of the late afternoon, then headed N again to find my way out. The forests here were being heavily logged, most very recently as just weeds were growing in turned- over clear cuts -- the forests were just a patchwork. I stayed to camp at a cliff above the river, at a point 12.6 miles S by road from Hwy 16 (the yellowhead). It was drizzly and wet, and I heard no crossbills that evening. I set up a net before dark. Aug 3 I found crossbills at this locality, most encounters were taped on JGG 81 and 82.