Alaska field notes, v1299
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423 (2) Gilmore BALO EAGLE Haliaeetus Leucocephalus 1931 alascanus circling around tall rocky cliffs on the sea shore, or soaring over the hills, or sitting on some promontory or sand of the beach. Probably eat a good deal of fish. May be seen anytime & place. Have heard no call notes. Sept. 18 Unalaska, Unalaska, Aleutians. The eagles are not as numerous now as they were during the latter part of May. This is due probably to two reasons. First: The sailors on the three Cutters in the Harbor having been killing many for sport & the natives having have been killing them for the bounty of 100 per each pair of claws. And second: the fish have left the vicinity & the natives claim the eagles leave with the fish & follow them to their Spawning grounds in the streams of the mainland. Of the three or four eagles I have seen around here about half were immatures and half adults.