Journal 113 R.E. Johnson 1968 Oct. 31 Berkeley, Calif. To Sagehen Creek Field Station, Calif. Jenny Meux and I drove her new VW square-back Sagehen Creek via Donner Pass. Left Berkeley after 7 PM. Visited with Mike Fitzgerald & then to bed. Nov. 1 Sagehen Creek to Beaver Mtn, Nevada + Return A lazy morning. Jenny will work on Oregon Junco while I take her car and explore mine shafts & mountain tops for Rosy Finches. I arrived at the "big shaft" of Dr. N.K. Johnson (see notes of March 10, 1968) on the south side of Beaver Mtn at 2:50 PM (Pacific Standard Time). The roads were dry and I had no trouble driving all the way to the shaft. I parked about 50ft beyond the shaft and then explored the immediate area. Everything appears as it did in March except that the ground is now dry. I could not see any birds in the shaft & rocks thrown into it did not arouse any. Two motorcyclists road up the ridge (with barbed wire fence) to the east but otherwise everything was quiet in the area. No birds of any species were seen. There is no snow in sight except a trace of fresh snow near the top (north side) of the mtns south of Beaver (so. of Interstate 80). By 4pm no Rosy Finch had been seen, so I explored nearby mine shafts & dumps. By 4:30 PM there were still no Rosy Finches in the shaft. The sun was very low & had set behind dense clouds low on the western horizon.