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53
R.E.Johnson
1966
Journal
West Fork Yaak River, 5000ft., Lincoln Co., Montana (cont.)
brought them down, but Dave fired the most shots &
skinned the first two. The latter was not found
until the next day & was pickled.
July 10
Ward drove me to the trail to Northwest Pk.
(located along the top of the logged area on the
Winkum Creek Road but several miles before arriving at
Hawkins Lakes) and I hiked 2 miles to Northwest
Pk, then hiked the along the ridge top south north to
Davis # Mtn, Ewing Pk, & Rock Candy Mtn; then
east along the ridge that forms the southern
boundary of the West Fork Yaak River Drainage
to a point above camp, where I descended to
the valley floor. I did no collecting. The trip
started at 7:45 AM and ended at 8:10 PM.
In the logged area (snags, downed logs, shrubs &
open ~~~~~ ground) I found an Oregon Junco nest
with 5 eggs under a clump of grass, facing SE, but
not at all visible from any direction without parting the
grass. An adult was flushed from the nest.
Fox Sparrows were singing from perches in
a clump of Monzesia near the edge of the logged area.
A Rufous Hummingbird was seen in the same area.
A Pine Grosbeak (?) gave short call notes while
feeding ~~~~~ on fir branches 30 ft up in a tree in the
cut area.
Where the trail reaches the ridge top above the