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T. Code
1959
General Account
6 July
Cohille above Aurora
Camp #2 log bluffs on the right limit
by roughleg nest.
7 July
- Checked roughleg near camp. Rain
all day long, making travel difficult.
2035 - departed camp #2 after the rain
stopped. Checked hawks on second of crescents.
8 July
0035 - stopped on the left limit
across the river from a peregrine avie
and about 1 mi. above the 1952 gyp falcon
c Cliff. Roughleg also present. Continued
working second crescent bluffs
2230 - stopped to make camp #3 on left
limit across from a peregrine avie about
1 mi. above the 1952 gyp falcon cliff.
9 July
- Spent the day at the gyp cliff where
we found a pair nesting with 2 nearly
fledged young.
10 July
Again spent most of the day at gyp avie.
Raining off and on all day.
11 July
- checked the peregrine avie in the
morning.
1450 - departed camp #3. - still overcast,
with light wind.
1825 - just the mouth of Aurora River.
2130 - Bob Main flew in with an out-
board motor and fuel for us. We made
arrangements for him to leave 15 gals more