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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