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94
Journal
RE Johnson
1968
Aug 23 Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness, Montana (cont.)
adults were seen. Young are in molt & feeding actively
on the slopes, mainly on moist soil substrate & not on
the rocks. Clark Nutcrackers were common near
Timberline. A few snatches of goat wool were found
on small trees along the ridge between the pass & the
top of the peak. I headed back down at about 8:15 PM.
By 9:30 PM the sky was again 100% clear. Heavy winds
blow off & on after this time.
Aug 24 Anaconda Pintlar Wilderness, Montana
Hiked up to Pintlar Pass again & this time headed
SW toward East Pintlar Ph (9486 ft.). Today is clear
& windy. There are beautiful scattered cumulus clouds
I heard Mt'n Chickadees near camp before I left &
Water Pipits & Clark Nutcrackers just below the
pass on the north side. The meadow near camp
extends up-slope to the pass. On the pass I
saw one Red-breasted Nuthatch working at the
base of a 5 ft. tall White-bark Pine tree. Several
Pine Siskins were heard & a flock of about 15
Rosy Finches flew from the north slopes of the
ridge leading to East Pintlar to the west slope of
the unnamed peak I climbed yesterday evening.
These all appeared to be juveniles. After a
short stop they again flew northward along
the face of that peak at 9000 ft. This may have
been the same group I saw yesterday. As I
continued up the ridge Golden-mantled Ground Squirrels