Field notes, v1378
Page 377
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R.E. Johnson 1969 Journal 137 Jan. 25 Reno, Nevada to Salt Lake City area, Utah Finches continued to appear and a few were collected so that the total collected was 11 Rosy Finches & 2 Horned Larks. I continued driving east on US 40 to Salt Lake city & beyond to camp high in the Wasatch Mtns. some distance short of Heber City on US 40. Jan. 26 Salt Lake City Area, Utah to Denver, Colorado Stormy weather continues, but little snow falling now. Birds near Heber City include Black-billed Magpie, Red-winged Blackbird, Brewer Blackbird, starling & sparrow Hawk. 1.6 miles W. of the Duchesne County line on US 40, where the highway descends a narrow canyon, a flock of 200 Rosy finches (apparently L. atrata) were seen on the highway. They flew off when several cars passed in succession. None could be collected. The road continues a short ways down canyon before the canyon opens into a flat or rolling area. Here 3 Magpies, 15 Pine Siskins, & a flock of 50 Horned Larks were seen. Later in the vicinity of Roosevelt & Jensen 25 shrikes^50 English Sparrows, Starlings, Magpies & Horned Larks were seen. I visited the quarry at Dinosaur Nat. Mon.; ^no birds were seen in the monument.