Field notes, v1752
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Bootlegger saddle, elev. 9000 ft Chiricahua Mts, Cochise Co. Arizona, westerlies. May 26 There was no wind in the morning. Temps about the same, maybe 48° F. Bart-tailed pigeons were common and active again, with a large flock of about ten on the ridge by the camp. I heard the parrots three times at intervals from 6 - 10 am. They were again in the tall pines on the hill north of the camp. I caught a yellow-eyed junco with six bands on it's legs. The data were: right leg white over USTWS 2051-44329 over white; left leg orange over black over white. The bird had a large cloacal protuberance, no fat, and weighed 20.2 gm on a digital balance. I saw the bird twice again before 9 am. Each time it was foraging closely to another unbanded junco. I did not follow the bird; they were in the small meadow at Bootlegger and along the ridge in the trees, ground, and rocks. The wind remained very still, but no crossbills (norwegian grosbeaks nor siskins) were heard. There were no clouds in the day. I then walked up the trail toward