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Falco rusticolus
#66K O. lammergeyeri R.
30 June Colville R., ca. 5 mi above mouth of [illegible]
Flieshed a smallish dark grey falcon from the bluff
on right side of river.
where I received peregrine talons in '52. Collected
a number of pellets. Looked for avie but saw none
at that time. Later as we were setting up, creep
a white-headed, white-necked juvenal tiwrel
appeared, and soon after I saw a clemmy young
on a ledge of the cliff.
Cliff is sandstone outcrop ca 60 ft high on
a slight talus overgrown with brush. Avie is
near the top and faces NW - almost exact spot
where peregrines nested in '52.
Falcon is in molt - inner primaries gone.
1 July
Climbed down to the avie. It consists of a
shelf ca 24" wide by 18" deep - one straight
wall of sandstone covered with red, green
crustose lichens - about 20 ft from top to 40
from bottom. There were 3 eggs - about
2 weeks old - pin feathers on tail & wings
about 1 inch out. Two were large - upper-
shaps not a falcon - and one much smaller but
not much younger - perhaps 2 clays. There
were no remains of 2 longfress in nest - nothing
else identifable. Took some pellets. The 2 large
eggs were taken. The tiwrel at this avie
is the lightest I've seen yet in Alaska. The
pellets about various piches contained mostly
ptarmigan feathers in white plumes.
I must say the cliff looks awful.