Journal R.E. Johnson 1967 June 26 Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (cont.) Rock starting after 3 PM. On arrival we did not find any Rosy Finches along the snow margins. Perhaps this was because we did not wait long enough or perhaps it was related to the time of day. Dick identified several species of plants for me on the meadow below Dyar Rock, a meadow he refers to as a "pumice" meadow. These include Phlox, Polygonum, Eriogonum marifolium, Phacelia A Mtn. Bluebird (8) was collecting nest material (grass) along a snow margin within 10 ft. of 2 ♀ Cassin's Finches. Dick remarked that the pumice type meadows have no more than about 14 species of plant on them (including grasses & sedges). He returned to the cars leaving me behind to wait for the finches which appeared as soon as his pack had turned. They landed in the shade east face of Dyar Rock. One dropped to the ground by the snowbank on the crest of the ridge in the shade of the rock. I collected it & found that approx. a douzen were on the north facing cliff of the rock which is rotten rock extending over 100 ft below where I was standing. I finally decided to collect some & hope to retrieve them on the cliffs. I shot 3 & retrieved them all but one had a bloody head from the fall. Retrieving them turned