Christman, J. 1963 24 Journal 19 June 3 mi. N Charleston Peak, 8,900 ft. Spring Butte, Cloud Co., Nor. seen were at Wiregrass Springs at Hidden Forest and a tiny one flying about Cottonwoods at Cam Springs at 10:30 a.m. when we came out of the Sheep Range 20 June at 6:30 a.m. hiked about 3/4 mi. down canyon toward the guard station, turned N up a side canyon with an entrenched dry streambed. Huge ponderosas, especially at bottom which soon narrows. The east slope has an extensive stand of Cercocarpus, almost solid cover. Aspen and Aces are tall and numerous but not in dense stands. Shot of sapsucker (red-naped) from a dead tree in bottom of canyon. A flicker flew over. Went up a canyon to NE, then onto a spur with steep talus slopes & good sized fir & P. aristata. Shot at a Clark Nutcracker. Shot a pygmy nuthatch. Continued up hill - saw & Williamson sapsucker. Reached crest at 10:30 a.m. Bluebird nesting in aristata snag. White-bellied Nuthatch & Wtl. Chickadees. Elevation is about 9,550 ft. Can look down sparsely forested slopes, down to the desert. On this ridge is 100% P. aristata cover. An Empidour flew to a 4 ft. high " " in front of me & settled down into a nest, saw me & flew - collected nest & this individual. Down hillside to E. facing slope. Here near the streambed the firs are huge, dense & in almost pure stand. R-C Singlets, thrushes, Chickadees abundant. W. Tanagers singing - few sapsuckers now. Cassin Finches. Shot a J Williamson which lit on fir 2 ft. up & started working up to