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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.