R.E.Johnson 1967 Journal 57 July 4 Fish Lake to summit of Steens Mtns, Harney Co., Oregon (cont.) and thistle (sunny, well drained slopes, so. facing) This location is beautiful and its hard to see why a rosy finch wouldn't be delighted. The streams & waterfalls are so large that they drown out the birds. It is possible that finches occur above the Falls where there are extensive cliffs & snow & that I would never hear them. I continued up canyon on the west side & up off the bottom a ways to improve my chances of encountering finches. So far I've heard 2 RockWrens, seen 1 Raven, & a number of Violet-green Swallows. The upper end of the canyon is a rounded basin of rock slides covered with large snow patches & Fringed at the top with cliffs, especially on the west side and the upper (no.) end. A Rosy Finch was heard on the west wall 100 yds from the head of the canyon at 5pm. It had not returned by 6 pm but a Mtn Bluebird nest was located in a horizontal crack. I could not see in to see the contents (crack was only 1 1/2" [illegible] high). A Golden Eagle circled overhead while I was waiting. I next circled over the ridge & hiked south above Wildhorse lake. Two Black Rosy Finches were collected from the west side of the ridge. The only previous record for these mtns is