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R.E.Johnson
1967
Journal
July 20 Seven Devils Mtms, Idaho Co, Idaho (cont.)
(near '1st' location) & laid down in a bedding place I
had walked through & noticed. This location is in the
shade & its cold. Crazy animal! One of yesterday's
goats was still shedding, the others had completed
the change apparently.
No sign of Rosy Finch
nesting activity by 10:05 AM. Two have been seen, none
nearby, & both flying. Therefore I moved to a new
location on the north face of this same pk but
higher. At 10:20 PM a Rosy Finch flew by toward
the top of The 1st 9000 ft pk (easternmost) (Tower
of Babel). After an hour I hiked on up the
gap between the Tower of Babel and Baal Pk, then
headed west to the top of Baal Pk (11:40) and She-
Devil (12:40 PM). No Rosy Finches seen. Descended
the south slope of She-Devil into a flat basin &
then back up the other side to the top of Ogre
(Mt. Apollyon) (1:40 PM). Saw a Blue Grouse
down the north slope of Ogre at 1:20. Ogre
overlooks upper Cannon Lake.
Hiked down Ogre & then west & up (no.) between
He Devil and She-Devil & down toward the nest that
was located yesterday. A loud chirping was heard
which turned out to be one of the remaining chicks
(probably the one which had crawled into a crack; the
other two which fell into cracks were apparently killed
by the same shot which killed the male parent. How
could this bird have lived 24 hrs without food &