Journal Chia River 4 miles downstream of U.S. Highway 185 bridge, Gila National Forest, Grand Cr., New Mexico. Elevation [illegible]. August 5-7 12:40 there began a 2 hour break in the weather, during which I scouted [crad] for possible nest sites. I had no opportunity to net birds today. Western August 5 was overcast all day, with rain beginning at 11:00, accompanied by lightning, thunder and gusty winds. Between 12:40 and 14:45, rains held off while gusty winds continued to blow. A moderate rain began at 14:45 and this became a downpour at 16:10. Lightning struck very close three times. Excepting one 1/5 minute and two 1/8 minute breaks, it rained heavily until at least 20:50. Temp. 65-85°F. The river level at dawn August 6 was up six inches from yesterday and down a few inches from its high in its night. From a thin chocolate about 120' wide line soup yesterday the river was opaque, rich chocolate today. The fence four- key to the national forest was partially lost in the high water. I set up nets into at three promising sites near camp, but caught nothing: one blue grosbeak and one cardinal (luck!) until a late afternoon flurry of activity coincident with a storm's threatening. Between 17:30 and 19:30 I caught 8 Lesser Grebes and nothing else. The habitat at this location is a discontinuous gallery forest fron[illegible] of big cottonwoods (30-50' tall, 7-5' dbh), with some small cottonwoods in places. There were some big sycamores, too, but as small ones were seen. Large willows grew in a pocket at one place, forming a thicket with Arizona walnuts and a single oak tree. There were several small willow trees widely distributed. Margu[illegible] was a lesser component of the woodland at the margins of the floodplain. The gallery forest was far more continuous on the opposite bank of the river. The earth was covered with a variety of grasses and forbs, and in low areas and by the [river], with juteum. Bare earth shows springy, under shading