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K Dixon
1947
Journal
July 12. 2 mi NE Cooke @ 500 ft, Park Co, Montana.
at edge of rock slide & snow bank adjacent
and saw a [illegible] moving down the rocks. The
animal saw me and "froze" in plain sight.
Shortly afterward it uttered a single bleat.
I collected this individual (N.C. Reynolds
No 671). I walked downslope and saw a
bird perched on a fir tree about 12 ft high,
the bird being at the top. I collected this
individual which proved to be a pipit, a ♀
no 148. As this bird fell, its mate flew to perch
in a young fir in this clump about 3 ft above
ground. All efforts to collect this bird failed.
I walked across the meadows and flushed
2 or 3 more pipits. On a grove of fir (Abies) and
Pinus aristata at the edge of the slope I saw
Mountain Bluebirds and Pine Siskins. I
walked back across the meadow collecting another
Pipit, a ♀ no 147. This bird was fired upon
once yet circled and returned to same area
(within 50 yards).
Proceeded downward into pines & firs at timber-
line where I noted Clarke Nuttallches & Robins &
collected a white-crowned Sparrow in a figure
(no 149). Pipits were using tops of conifers for
nides at heights 20 ft above ground. Walked
downslope to camp, noting no new species.