Bill Arvey Journal 1965 Sept 8 my direction with a half open bill, fluttering his gular area all the while. His nest mate lay there languidly, flies crawling across his open eyes ever. I am amazed at the size of even this rattling's pouch, when he opened it, it seemed as if there were no head, only gullet, and I could almost see into its crop. The mouth lining had a bluish cast, albeit not a deep coloring. In this area there were many abandoned nest sites, gray and brown colored. Many caves or vents in the rock are present here and in one on the North side, near this nesting spot was a wandering raven poking around. He seemed rather confused as he pecked at flies, and would stand with cocked head looking around for moments at a time. Other small birds such as Wilson Warblers were seen foraging around the rocks in such a manner. After an hour and 1/2 approximately we were told to get aboard. Going back I met Rich Tenaga of S.F. State and Jim Vetch of Loma Linda U. Rich had spent all summer, off and on working on Cormorants, Jim had spent his entire time working with early petrel breeding biology. On the way in we watched birds, the weather was beautiful. We ran into an immense number of Sooty Shearwaters as we passed through Golden Gate...