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Journal
R.E. Johnson
1967
July 20 Seven Devils Mtns, Idaho Co., Idaho (cont.)
the bird from this location , so I moved again. Mean-
while both clouds & the mth are in the way of the
sun & I'm freezing. The wind isn't helping either.
Clark's Nutcrackers have been noticed several times
Feeding (?) amongst the rocks at the bottom of
the cirque. Perhaps They catch the large black rock
spiders?
A Townsend Solitaire fed below
The Finch nest for 20 minutes. It flew from
rock to rock on the Talus slide & scree slopes
picking up an insect here & flycatching an insect
there.
The other adult Rosy Finch returned at
6:39 PM. I collected it while it was feeding
the young. (Male, fairly dark but not pure atrata)
(buccal pouches full). The nest had 6 young,
of which 3 were collected, 2 fell out & down
cracks and 1 crawled back out of reach on
the nest ledge which extends into a crack more
than arm's length deep. The nest was an old
one of moss & dirt which had obviously been
used before. It contained 5 fecal sacs. As
usual, the nest was well protected from all
sides & above. The nest was on a ledge of a
sidewall of a 4-5 ft wide crack in the cliff
which has overhangs below preventing access
by mammals (and almost keeping me out -
class 5+ climbing) & an overhang above. Completed
rescue operation at 7:30 PM.
On the return hike