journal 226. June 4th 1988 March 31 (contd) of six red crossbills flew into camp in response to the decoys. All were Type 2. I shot one male before recording any, then recorded the flight calls and shot the other five individuals one by one. None had food in their crops. A painted redstart sang nearby while I collected the crossbills. Later in the day I drove down the mountains and then over to Willcox, Arizona, where I stayed the night in a Motel 6. April 1 Before dawn I left for the Chiricahua Mts. By 7:00 am I had gone as far as the road to Barfoot Park, but snowdrifts blocked the road. I found a camp just above Onion Saddle, in a depression along a ridge between two larger hills. The weather was sunny, cold, and windy. I stayed at this site all day but heard no crossbills. Birds included Mexican chickadee, pine siskin, western bluebird, flicker, acorn woodpecker, Steller's jay, golden eagle, osprey, raven, sap sucker, and sharp-shinned hawk. The wind calmed somewhat by evening. April 12 I waited for crossbills to fly over at this site until about 11:00 am, but heard nothing. Cone crops were poor on all of