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Field Notes
July 30, 1989
sunset. Mark & Jan Walsh + daughter + friend arrived on their way to Windy Bay. Motor trouble,
but Dave fixed it. They camped at the cabin. Rained
all night. Mouse hopped in the milk carton, swam
around for quite awhile.
July 31, 1989
Foggy morning, just looks like it might clear.
We didn't get off until ca. 12:30. The fog turned into a
light mist, then rain. Beautiful drive out Salmon Inlet,
saw about 4 Bald Eagles. & Salmon Inlet runs between
Louise & Talunkwan Island. Dave said he had helped
log Talunkwan I. back in the early 70's. It is now
nearly completely denuded (those were the days without any
regulations for road placement, slopes, etc.). Arrived at
Kingsway Rock at the outlet of Salmon Inlet to
Lasheck Bay. Pretty rock - lots of greenery: wild strawberries,
a type of bluebell flower, and an orangeish flower. Kingsway
Rock was quite variable in terrain, with many sizes of
rocks, and several pools of fresh water. Roughly 50 Pigeon
Guillemots were in various places, one flock of 20 on one spot.
Ca. 40 pairs of Humerus-wings were scattered about the rock.
Found 1 nest w/ 1 egg, and an occasional empty nest.
Gull nests are widely spaced. Of all the adult gulls, saw
only about 6 fledged chicks. Found 2 freshly eaten chicks
- one gets the impression that the eagles are cleaning them
up. We decided to collect from land. I was able to
shoot 6 gulls on 5 shots, just used another 2 shots to