Antartica field notes, v1468
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Catharacta maccormicki Jan 2 Shoulder after 3 minutes. It gets up & landed sits unfouled in pebble flooring. In 2 minutes the this arde over penguins looking down, broke new me. 10:35 One adult of 308 sitting outside of enclosure. Chick crouches quietly 10:40 Unbundled 331 flying on carcass 40 feet behind me - same one as this afternoon. 10:45 Saw one adult in enclosure. Second joined it. Chick was feeding on something traced up by first adult. Second seemed to take a little. Didn't diagnose. First adult left flew landed near penguin colony. Second also left moment later. 10:55 One adult 308 in series of classes. Went for out over cove, had, strolled me, followed mother passing adult out, came on bow- one came again, around landed by enclosure. Feds on p.carcass. All the time with no announcement no passes hostility etc., Adult's heat form is his matter. 10:58 Some bird just fed chick again. Flies out in a moment it is feeding on penguin killed this p.m. 11:00 Mate comes in, has been sitting 50 yds off. Didn't join in defenses. Then moves away & slowly flies back to where it came from. 11:08 331 W. flew off across cove. 11:10 left.