I just checked AZ/NM Birding and Stuart Healy posted further news on partial closing of California Gulch. You can still get there and see Five-striped Sparrows (two yesterday). See Healy's web page at http://www.aztrogon.com and click on "My Bird Reports and News". He gives specific directions for getting into CA Gulch under current conditions in his April 23 report. Very useful. Paul O'Brien Rockville, MD pobrien776@aol.com