Alaska field notes typed, v4498
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Red Bluff Bay, Baranoff Island, Alaska. June 11 to 20 1907. BIRDS. Marbled Murrelet. Brachvramphus marmoratus. A few single birds seen. Glaucous winged Gull. Larus glaucescens. A few seen on the outer beach. Short-billed Gull. Several seen on the outer beach. I do not remember seeing any gulls on the bay. American Merganser. Rare. Two females brought their broods of young to the water near camp the day before we left. Harlequin Duck. Histrionicus histrionicus. A flock of six individuals frequented the head of the bay and a few single birds were seen. A female killed was an old bird past breeding and probably the flock were nearly all non-breeders. Canada Goose. Branta canadensis. A pair came to the grass flat nearly every night. Sooty Grouse. Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus. Rare. None heard. I found a female with a brood of young in the timber in the bottom land. She was very fearless, coming almost within range of my hand and staying close to me a long time. Falcon. Falco sp.? A falcon came over camp, pursued by a crow. I did not see it but an instant but think it was a duck falcon. Northern Bald Eagle. Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus. Seen but not common. Belted Kingfisher. Ceryle alcyon. One seen several times. Rufous Hummingbird. Selasphorus rufus. Not common. Western Flycatcher. Empidonax difficilis. One shot. Stellar Jay. [illegible] Cyanocitta stellarj. Rare. Northern Raven. Corvus corax principalis. Rather common. Northwest Crow. C. caurinus. Common. American Crossbill. Loxia curvirostra minor. Flock seen in the timber on the side of the mountain at about 1500 feet altitude.