Alaska field notes typed, v4498
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Rodman Bay. Alaska. Aug. 19 to 20 1907. BIRDS. Brachyramphus marmoratus. Marbled Murrelet. Saw a few. Cepphus columba. Pigeon Guillemot. Single birds seen occasionally. Larus brachyrhynchos. Short-billed Gull. Rather common. Larus philadelphia. Bonaparte Gull. A considerable flock frequented the mud flat at the head of the bay. Dendragapus obscurus fuliginosus. Not very common; the birds seen were mostly young of the year. Accipiter velox. Sharp-shinned Hawk. Saw several, including at least two pairs. One pair kept after a band of Stellar jays, but did not catch any that I could see. The jays were not afraid of them. Buteo borealis (calurus?). Red-tailed Hawk. I saw one near the summit of the mountain that I climbed and Hasselborg saw two together on the opposite side of the bay. Haliaeetus leucocephalus alascanus. Northern Bald Eagle. August 19th, a pair were at rest in a dead spruce on the beach across the bay from camp, In the nest was a young bird able to fly. Strassel shot it but it flew out into the timber and we were unable to find it. Bubo melanolicaniscus arcticus. Arctic Horned owl. I shot a male and saw his mate. One of them was hooting about 4 P. M. of a cloudy day and I followed up the sound. This bird flew about in the timber but let me get near enough for a shot. Ceryle alcyon. Kingfisher. Mrs. Stephens saw one. Cyanocitta stellari. Stellar Jay. Common, mostly young birds. Several birds probably two broods, frequent the vicinity of the inhabited houses, nick- in up crumbs, etc. See 'Field Notes' Corvus corax principalis. Northern Raven. Rather common. Corvus caurinus. Northwest Crow. A flock frequented the head of the bay.