Field Notes Doug Bell June 9, 1967 - cont another sitting on snags along the bluffs), saw an adult peregrine (♂) only briefly - it circled above the central flat bluff, flapping. Landed in a large tree. & then simply lost site of it. Other birds: common mergansers ♀(♀'s)-white wing squares, karr-croaks. Great-blue Herons, Black-crowned night herons, Turkey Vultures. Calif. Quail. Might have heard peregrine wailing at a couple times, 9:30 am - observations at Scotia Bluffs ended. Visibility was OK below the clouds, but clouds were in the bluffs. Clearing . 11:00-11:56 am - went to the west-facing bluffs along Sugarloaf Mountain on outside of Ferndale talked to landowner - Les Silva. Said falcons used to be around - ate his pigeons. Now only Vultures a Red-tail in cliffs. I walked up to them - confirmed- loud, protesting red-tail. But a couple good ledges ! Met various people at HSU, then headed north. Went out to look at Humboldt Lagoons State Park. Beautiful rock at Sharp Point, but no gulls and apparently no falcons (I was about 1 mile away though. Camped on Split Rock, off Alder Camp Road, Del Norte Co., CA. Weather cleared, calm, sunny. It's moon too. No falcons, but I did see a couple ospreys (one carrying fish). Lots of Band-tailed Pigeons on the coast here - flying up and down the coastal escarpments. Singing Sparrow, Barn & Cliff Swallows + Vaux's Swifts at Split Rock. About a mile-and-a-half north of Split Rock is a dome shaped sea rock (White Rock). Louded ~/ guaro - many immenents or murres. Few Gulls. Only a couple