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Gilmore DUCK HAWK (2)
1931
Sept. 28 Unalaska, Over Pyramid
Peak I saw three, two adults and
one immature (smaller in size).
The adults merely soared high over-
head but the young one darted
about the crags and vainly attempted
to drive away a flock of 6 Ravens.
This I waited up on a shoulder of
the mountain for half an hour
I could not get a shot at the
Hawk.
Oct. 13 Akutan Bay, Akutan, S. W. Aleutian Is.
Mr. Pederson, Captain + Gunner at the
whaling station here, says he has seen
the following incident several times
in Akun Pass by a Hawk which was
probably a Duck Hawk, tho it might
have been a Pale Falcon.
From the bridge of the whaling boat
he has seen a hawk swoop down and
snatch an anklet (Least or Whiskered)
out of the water and eat it on the
wing. The actual eating took place
on the downward glides, so that the
flight of the hawk was a series of
flights and glides. This, he has seen