Field notes, v639
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Field Notes July 22, 1989 By ca. 10:00 the fog began to burn off. Alistain (a Scot) was very polite, engaging the fishers in light conversation while checking them. Many seemed to know him. At 10:00 we stopped at Klavi's boat (charted by O-70). A beautiful rebuilt 1929 hakein boat. By about 11:00 we were headed further north, through the islands between Coletas Channel & Gorden Channel. Very calm, clear, sunny weather. We traveled past Christie Point (light station) and north into Queen Charlotte Strait. Many Rhinoceros Aukslets, most as individuals, on the water. We headed first for the Buckle Group (islands where CWS said 66 pair of GWG's nested in 87). When we got to the rocks, didn't see a single gull, just Bald Eagles, one on each of the 5 or so old rocks. Went north to Pine Island & Tree Islets. The Storm Rocks were also visible, guano capped, direct due north, but I saw gulls on Tree Islets, so we went there. Tree Islets had gulls in pairs, and loafers, plus a couple Bald Eagles. I would estimate 20-[illegible] pairs, at least. At my first shot [illegible] we heard the mate scream of a Peregrine Falcon -- What a thrill. The first glimpse we got was of a possible imm. (1st year?) moving towards Pine Island; then in the course of collecting gulls, an adult tinsel showed up over us screaming. The imm. falcon (a ?) following. Good view of both, but I just could not be certain if the imm. was an eyas of this species or last. It sure flew well, and didn't seem to be "young". No molt visible, however. In all, I collected 6 gulls on Tree Islets (OAB [illegible] 578-583), located near