J.G. Hall 1954 174 June 2 Indian Creek, 7400 ft., White Mts., Esmeralda Co., Nevada saw chipmunks all along the way but so far they've been just too shrewd to get a lead on. Chickadees, Hairy woodpecker and a flycatcher of some kind seen as well as Tolmie warblers seen at a pond formed by a dam at the blgds. From here we climbed up a very steep little side canyon cut into the S. face of the main canyon. Probably went up 1500' or so from the Pinyon + occasional Juniper of the floor to some P. aristata and eventually P. flexilis near the top. On way up we frightened a medium-sized hawk (or owl?) fly from somewhere in the canyon wall over our heads & away. About 100 yds further up we located a hawk-size stick nest stuck in a crevice of the cliff face but as far as we could tell it had nothing in it. Back down got one more quick glimpse of hawk flying into pinyons. On way back saw several Steller Jays & Robins. Back to camp at noon. In evening