Field notes, v636
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FIELD NOTES Doug Bell DATE: MAY 25, 1987 LOCATION: Squaw Rock, Highway 101 (10 mi. So. of Hopland), Mendocino Co., Calif. TIME: 15:15 - 15:45. Weather sunny, but variable clouds. Solid car-to-car traffic headed south between Squaw Rock and Cloverdale on Highway 101. We're heading north. We are watching the main east-face of the rock. A large shelf going across the rock about 3/4 of the way up has a beautiful adult penguin sitting on it. Looks like the female. She was quite, but we heard occasional wailing, like of an eyass, coming from the rock. Nothing visible, though. After about 20 mi. th e ad. tiercel flew in, th e & e-chucked and flew out to accept a small prey item from him. He unbowed then landed on a ledge up high in the rock. The female flew back to the main ledge and gave the food over to a single, waddling wailing eyass. The eyass looked to be about 4 weeks old - it ran about the ledge, wings flailing - looking a bit uncoordinated. The screaming of the eyass was quite distinctive. It was so nice to see that the pair did indeed have at least one young. My supposition from May 20 that no eyasses were present, was wrong. While there a fellow by the name of Mike Anderson stopped to look at the birds - a falconer from Petaluma - he knows everyone - Jim Gray Hills, Swainiger, Morty Kirven.