R.E. Johnson 1966 Journal 43 West Fork Yaak River, 5000ft., Lincoln Co., Montana (cont.) July 3 of the cut area in a snag about 30 ft. up and facing east. Adults were carrying food to the west. On the return drive we stopped briefly at another logged area and I shot a Townsend Solitaire perched on a log. Moore collected the first Empidonax flycatcher since we moved north to the Yaak River area. It was in low bushes near Garver Creek (all the birds in the Snag Lake area were high in conifers & away from creeks). He also collected a Northern Waterthrush. It appears that the season is slightly more advanced near Garver Cr. which is 800 ft lower than camp. The 1st young birds out of the nest were spotted there (Junco + Wren). Also the only Waterthrush & Empidonax Flycatcher were found there. July 4 We returned again to Garver Creek and I collected within an alder thicket near the creek. The overstory was 1-2 ft(dbh) Douglas Fir & Engleman Spruce. The forest floor was covered by grass and small plants including Bunchberry Dogwood (Cornus canadensis), Woodnymph (Moneses uniflora), Strawberry (Fragaria), Bog-orchid (Habenaria sp.), Queencup Beadlily (Clintonia sp), Twinflower (Linnaea borealis), Snowberry (Symphoricarpos alba), Huckleberry (Vaccinium sp). Small, slow moving streams