Journal Truett, J. 1992 Skeeton Canyon, Peloncillo Mtns, Coronado National Forest (inside S. of Rider, Hidalgo Co., New Mexico. July 7 Crested Thrasher-1 (Cmit) Plainspiper-35 Hutton's Vireo-12 Painted Redstart-7 Thryothic Tanager-15 Swainson Tanager-1 Black-Headed Grosbeak-1 Rufous-Sided Towhee-35 Canyon Jaynee-3 Rufus-Cornish Sparrow-16 Brock-Arnold Sparrow-2 Bennet-Leaded Crowbill-30 N.(Bullocks) Oriole-1 Scott's Oriole-8 Leaven Goldfinch-6 Washington Ranch adjacent to Rattlesnake Springs, portion of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, Eddy Co., New Mexico. Elevation 3650 ft. July 8 We drove all day and most of the night in order to keep an appointment with Mr. Peggy Dunton, who once again assisted to my collecting on the Washington Ranch. We arrived via U.S. Hwy 80 from Grants, Arizona to I-10 and E. Thruway, Fort Stockton, Las Cruces to El Paso, where we took US Hwy 62/67 past Guadalupe Mountains National Park to a signed exit southwest of White City to Rattlesnake Spring, a designated part of Carlsbad Caverns National Park, arriving at 06:15 (having slept at Pine Springs, Guadalupe National Park for several hours). The habitat at Washington Ranch/Rattlesnake Spring was described on earlier visits in 1989 and 1991. The numbers of favored food plants of goldfinches, i.e., thistles & wild sunflowers, seem about normal for the area, based on my recollections of past visits. I set up my nets in two same places I used last visit; the vegetation in these areas needing little trimming this morning. The time away from immediate tending of the nets was spent looking for birds at Rattlesnake Springs and using the picnic tables there for fixing & eating breakfast.