Field notes, v1377
Page 117
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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