Field notes, v637
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Field Notes Doug Bell June 29, 1988 caye cruise west over the island. I could have sworn I heard an agitated Peregrine from somewhere near the crane-house on north end of the island while I was watching gulls there. Bob Paine has been collecting Peregrine kills in the beach here, said that as many as 3 Rhino unklets a day moto were getting killed by the falcons up to last week or so. They supposedly are nesting on Cape Flattery. Bob has always seen Peregrines here, especially in winter. Winter birds were mostly the "darker" Peales. These nesting falcons are "lighter", he says. They had a very tame, a stupid, sub-adult falcon which they would get within 5 feet or so to photograph. My first impression of the gulls here is that about 1/2 the GWC have darker-tipped primaries. There aren't many Westerns here, and of these, very few look like "good" Western Gulls (re: 100% pure). Nesting Birds: Crows, Violet-green Swallows, hole in wall Tree Swallows, Cliff Swallows, Barn Swallows, beautiful dark Fox Sparrows, Song Sparrows, Winter Wren. Possibly American Goldfinches, Rufous Hummingbirds, Swifts (White-throated?). Brown-headed Cowbird.