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Journal
106
R.E.Johnson
1968
Aug. 29 Anaconda-Pintlar Wilderness, Montana (storm lake & vicinity)
Orange Crowned Warbler, several White-crowned Sparrows and a Rufus Hummingbird were seen.
On the lower west slope of Little Rainbow Mtn just east of the pass I saw two Water Pipits, groups of 3-10 Rosy Finches, one Audubon Warbler, three Oregon Juno,
one Clark Nutcracker and one White-crowned Sparrow. The Rosy Finches all flew west toward Mt. Tiny (9857 ft.) & disappeared.
I returned west to the pass & then followed the trail SW around the side of Mt. Tiny to Goat Flat.
I heard one Rosy Finch fly overhead [heading east?]
but could not see him. Below the trail at the head of Seymour Creek I saw 7 back Mule Deer in a meadow below the talus slides. A Rock Wren was just below the trail on the warm rocky slope.
Goat Flat is a large meadowy flat that extends from just south of the summit of Mt. Tiny nearly to Kurt Pk.
I turned and hiked north to the summit of Mt. Tiny & then down its east face to Storm Lake Pass but did not encounter any Rosy Finches. I hiked the trail again from the pass to the flats & then headed south along the lip of the flats above the cirque walls surrounding the multiple heads of Seymour Creek. On the flats I saw Columbian Ground Squirrels, a Sparrow Hawk, & Water Pipits.
Heather (Cassiope & Phyllodoce) were common, as was Dryas.