Field notes, v639
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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