Description: Identifier: wildernessofuppe01shel (find matches) Title: The wilderness of the upper Yukon; a hunter's explorations for wild sheep in sub-arctic mountains Year: 1919 (1910s) Authors: Sheldon, Charles, 1867-1928 Subjects: Hunting Mountain sheep Publisher: New York, C. Scribner's sons Contributing Library: The Library of Congress Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: fe at timber-line was limited. Along thecreeks I had heard the tinkling notes of the water-ousel.An occasional spotted sandpiper had skipped along thebars, or a harlequin duck had dodged among the rocks.The golden eagle was always in sight. Ravens wereentirely absent, having gone to the salmon rivers to feaston dead salmon. I did not hear the hoot of an owl.Several pigeon-hawks were in the woods near camp, andonce I saw two of them following an eagle, darting at itagain and again. Rough-legged hawks were about thehigh mountains. Juncos, and Alaska jays were abundant.The last did not come near the camp but once, and thenonly for a few moments. Rock ptarmigan were on themountains, but nearly all the willow ptarmigan werebelow with their young in the brush. I did not see agrouse until returning along the Lapie River. An occa-sional marsh-hawk appeared there as everywhere else inthe Territory; chickadees were always present, usually insmall flocks. The Western tree sparrow and the Gambels Text Appearing After Image: Finding him among the willows, almost at the foot, August 7. THE FINAL HUNT FOR RAMS 245 sparrow were common. Occasionally a kingfisher wouldfly up the creek. I was always interested in testing the acute senses ofthe ground-squirrels. Though I could approach close tothem before they plunged into their holes, they alwaysdetected my approach long before. Their sense of hear-ing is exceedingly keen, and at any suspicious sound theysit up to look and their sight is as sharp as their hearing.The senses of marmots are equally keen. They have theirhomes high in the mountains and well up near the headsof the basins. In the fall and winter, moose are very abundant amongthe willows above timber. After a great deal of observa-tion I came to the conclusion that they seldom feed ondwarf-birch, Betula glandulosa. This conclusion I veri-fied by numerous subsequent observations. The willowflats in the draws among the Pelly Mountains are wellsituated for hunting moose in the fall. These draws arealway Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

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