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Cogswell
1950
Leucosticte tephrocestis
2
July 23 (cont.) at them & taking in plumage
details, that I did not think to
try a photograph with the camera
around my neck. The ? (or min.)
was very dingy, with little or no
evidence of a gray collar. The ? was
only slightly duller than [illegible] the usual
illustrations of this sp. They seemed
to behave like a pair, although whether
they breed here or not is still open to
question.
The cliffs on the N (or presumably on
E side also) side of Job's Sister fit the
picture of Leuco nesting sites as given
by Dawson very well - albeit with less
snowfields nearby. There is still
a large (3-4 acre) snowbank hanging
over the ridge, NW of the cliffs, and several
smaller ones at the base of cliffs. The
fell-fields of the gentler slopes, however,
are mostly bare, except for a long, narrow
snow bank in edge of cirque between
Job's Sister & Free Peak. The latter
(10,900 ft.) is higher than Job's Sister, but has
criffs only on the S-side; those are
now entirely snow-free.