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T. Cole
1957
Fales peveqinnes
8 June In talking with USGS year - ED Sable,
I learned that in 1949 he saw 12 pairs
of varegh legs on the copper half of the
Kekpawut River, inland from Beaufort.
He said there were at least that many
Peregrines also - perhaps a few more. No
gapes were seen. He seemed to know the dif-
fence between the two.
10 June - An excellent breeding cliff was seen near
the mouth of the Pitmegea River but no falcons
were in evidence.
30 June, Unnut Mt. - pair in residence - appears to
be same two as last year (large, dark ? -
largish - long-winged?). The ledge is
ca 180 yds downstream from last year's
site. It is situated at the foot of the
copper vein of sandstone outcrops, at the
entraplace with the talus. It is thereabout
30 feet below the brink and ca 200 feet
above the river. There was a single
egg - apparently well-advanced toward
hatching. While we were there both
falcons attacked the group of vorens present
on the bluff ca 150 yds up river. Several
attacks were made at flying vorens, and
one the ? clipped the wing of a voren as
it flipped over. Also one of the young vorens
was reluctant to fly from the cliff, but the