Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library.
Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
| www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
R.E. Johnson
1926
Journal
Spar Lake, 3300ft., Lincoln Co., Montana (cont.)
June 24 Warblers (one put up by Conard), an Oregon Junco,
a Chipping Sparrow, and Mtn Chickadee. Moore
spent his time Following a Pileated Woodpecker
and again was skunked. This was his 3rd time
to see one on Koeler Pk.
In route to Keeler Pk we saw a Red-
tailed Hawk perched on the top of a tree along
the road & Ames winged it. It fell & glided
down to roadside where we captured it alive
and had considerable difficulty killing it via
the usual method (squeezing breast, etc). Later
in the day I skinned it & salted it.
Rain continued off & on in the afternoon
and evening. We went to Libby to pick up mail,
buy groceries, & do laundry. Tomorrow we
break camp & head for the Yaak River
area north of here.
Spar Lake to Yaak River, Lincoln Co., Montana
June 25 In the morning we packed up our camp to move
north to the Yaak River. Fortunately the rain stopped
during the previous night and we could pack under
dry conditions. I shot a Hammond Flycatcher in the
the top of
Campground in, a Western Cedar tree next to the lake.
I also took some pictures of the Sandpiper (Spotted) nest
near the boat landing area. The nest was located 40 ft
from the lake on the ground and was a grassy cup with