Field notes, v1377
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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 &