Journal 223. ) 6roth 1987 Eastern Trip - British Columbia Aug 4 House, about 1/2 mi off the main highway (cont'd) near some small lakes surrounded by mostly lodgepole pine with green cones and a few spruces. I left the decoys out. A white-winged crossbill flew over. I then drove 5 to Clinton, British Columbia, and called in to Berkeley to Ned Johnson about arranging my entry into the d.s. Aug 10. After the call, I got a room at the Nomad Motel, then drove out to look for crossbills. I drove 7.4 miles up Coon Lake Road off to the E of Hwy 97, then turned up into an area of dirt roads in an open, grassy forest of douglas fir and ponderosa pine, both with moderate to good crops of old and new cones. Within a few minutes, I heard calls of a Type 2 red crossbill, got recordings of song and calls. From 7 pm to 8:30 pm I recorded and collected 4 crossbills, on ("bird 6/13" on tape) a Type 5, the others Type 2's, with 610+611 forming a pair. The Type 2's were apparently in breeding condition, possibly having bred or more likely, getting ready to nest (or already nesting). I drove back to the motel at dark and prepared the specimens there.