Field notes, v1377
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Journal R.E.Johnson 1967 July 13 Two Pan to Eagle Cap Pk, Wallowa Union Co., Oregon (cont.) top of the peak. No rosy finches were encountered. One rosy Finch voice was heard down the N. face at 2:40 PM. I then hiked down the south slope, then east on snow & back around to a position on a brown dike, slightly below where I heard the Finch, but still above the rock rubble & major part of the snow. Meanwhile heavy black clouds have been pouring in & a few drops have fallen. IT has rained NE of here (toward Wallowa Lake). Clearly there are Few Rosy Finches nesting on this mtn. The area is much larger than Elkhorn Pk so that I cannot be as certain (can't sample as thoroughly) regarding the numbers, but the breeding density must be low. Dr.Miller, Ward Russell & others collected here & on Elkhorn Pk & got 19 birds! Either things are different this year or I'm in the wrong place on the mtn by quite a bit. The N side of Eagle Cap Pk is steep with broken cliffs & snow below ending in large moraine like boulder piles. Below these is more snow & islands of rock outcrop occasional with turf, trees (stunted), and pipits. Below this comes islands with trees, then more cliffs, then open lakes (Mirror, Moccasins, etc) with Timbers around them(at 7600 ft). The west side has a gentle gravelly slope & ridge & small trees extend well up the