Field notes, v1377
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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