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Transcription
Journal
R.E.Johnson
1968
Aug 4 St. Mary Peak
I returned east & took the side ridge to the south above the McCalla Lakes. The upper lake has some jagged points above it & a large snow bank but the location is surely too low for rufous finchee. I did hear Water Pipits on the upper slopes of the ridge above the lower lake (lake closest to St. Mary Pk). There were several Junco along the ridge in scrubby white-barked Pine. Rain which had be threatening all morning now came down hard & I headed back to the lookout.
Poor weather continued in the afternoon until 3 PM or so when we saw the 1st of a party of 7 people coming into view from below. I returned to the ridge running north from the lookout where I again found 2 young birds (probably those I'd seen yesterday), but no adults. Near the lookout I found 2 other young birds which were apparently from the cirque to the nw. I collected one of these. I neglected to label the two birds as to date & thus all 7 birds collected on St. Mary Peak are listed for Aug. 3 on the labels & in the catalog.
I hiked on down the mtn, changed the charts at the weather station at Lower McCalla Lake for Bruce, and mailed his outgoing mail.
Aug 5. Missoula & vicinity, Montana
Spent the morning & early afternoon exploring