Went into camp at 4:30 p.m., on the St. Vrain in a place partially sheltered from the wind by timber. Has been a cold, windy, disagreeable day. Has snowed on the range in the neighborhood of Arapahoe Peak for two or three days. Saw Pike’s Peak and it was white with fresh snow. Saw redwinged blackbirds, saw numerous young; robins very common, lark buntings abundant, young out; lark sparrows, killdeer 12 or 15, mourning doves common, cliff swallows common, yellow warbler, magpies a few, meadowlarks abundant, vesper sparrows, wren sp., kingfisher at St. Vrain, barn swallows common, kingbird 1.
Friday June 8
Too cold to sleep well last night, so got up late. Finished breakfast at 8 p.(sic) m., Dodds and I collected plants
