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R.E. Johnson
1966
Journal
54
West Fork Yaak River, 5000ft., Lincoln Co., Montana (cont.)
Lower Hawkins Lake (forested with intervening rock
slides) I heard Clark Nutcrackers & saw an
Audubon Warbler feeding midway up a small larch
tree on an edge (forest-boulder) & singing occasional
phrases.
A spring is located to the left (south) of the
trail in the last clump of trees (+ dozen larch trees)
below the top.
I listened and watched for Rosy Finches above
each cirque along my path, but did not have time to
descent far into any of them. No evidence of finches
was found.
I had never been on the ridge between
Northwest Pk and Davis Mtn but it is similar to
the one between Ewing & Rock Candy Mtns. Small
trees ascend its west slopes, the top is meadow,
rock, or snow, and the east slope is talus t/ or
meadow. Meadows consist of White Heather
(both genera), dwarf huckleberry, [illegible] Pedicularis,
Juncus, Glacier Lily, grass, Indian Paint
Brush, & Lomatium. Oregon Juncos, Chipping
Sparrows, & Audubons Warblers were seen
along the edges.
One set of Wolverine tracks followed the
ridge between Northwest Pk & Davis Mtn, rarely
missing walking on every snow patch along the
way. At Davis Mtn the tracks headed east