R.E. Johnson 1967 Journal 5 May 27 Squaw Valley, Placer Co., Calif. - road gondola lift (#3.50) & then snow shod over wet but well consolidated snow to top of Shirley Lake Lift terminus, arriving there at 9:55AM. Sun hot, bright; sky hazy (not clear like last week), still. To west of Lift top is the open patch of ground where many species of birds foraged last week (including rosy finches). The patch is now several times larger & nearly dry (had been soggy wet with many little brooks running through it). A pair of rosy finches flew over going south & apparently coming from cliffs (N-E facing) on Emigrant Pk (photographed last week). A junco foraging in the dirt & 2 Mtn. Bluebirds landed briefly. A Wood Pewee landed on a rock & called once & then flew off low over the ground to the south (above timberline all the day). One Robin moves slowly over the area (on foot) eye balling in prey items in the dirt. Horned Larks could be heard to the west (Emigrant Pk) and a Mtn Chickadee was heard in the trees near to top of the Shirley Lake Lift. Marmot tracks cross the dirt in various places. An Audubon's Warbler forages in the low (4 inch) scrubby ground cover. A few rodent tunnels left from winter are melting out from under the snow. Rosy Finch or collected from northermost rocky cliff