Journal 45 TRACET, J. 1994 Page Springs on the Butte River, Harney Co., Oregon. Elev. 4235 feet. July 28 I left Lower Table Rock last night and drove here via State Highway 66 to Klamath Falls, then State Highway 140 to Lakeview and beyond, an unnumbered road to Pelzer, then a gravel road through Black Mountain National Refuge to Frenchglen, and then about 4 miles SE to Page Springs, just south of the southern tip of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Arrived at 10:00. Page Springs is a BLM campground named after an overzealous (surely?) spring about 20 yards south from south gates on the campground. I am joined by Dr. my best men, Lee Chin, and his wife and daughter. We shared a single campsite, expecting the adjacent, more desirable site to become available tomorrow. I set up 3 nets in promising lesser spots and caught one goldfinch, among several birds. I will describe this place in tomorrow's notes. Weather - clear, windy ~ N. 5-15 mph until after sunset. Temperatures 75-90°F. July 29 I ran the nets from 05:30 to 11:00 and from 15:45 to 20:15. I netted 5 more lesser goldfinches. I defer habitat description of Page Springs another day. Between 11:30 & 15:30, I joined Lee Chin and family on a tour of Steen's Mountain, an amazing place. Like the Sierra Nevada, there is a gentle west slope, a very steep east slope, and a rain shadow desert on the east side. The mountain tops out at 8720 ft. Unlike the Sierras, there are very few if any conifers; aspens grow in the forests seen.