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Field Notes
July 31, 1989
finish off wounded hawks in the drain (DAB 598-603).
other birds seen at Kingsway Rock: Oystercatchers (few),
Harlequin Ducks (2), imm. Pelagic Cormorants (6).
We then headed across Laakeak Bay, well south of
Reef Island, to the Lost Islands, a group of trees
+ bare small islands ca. 3mi NE of Kunga Island and
Lyell Island. An imm. Bald eagle was sitting on a
snag @ Lost Islands. I collected four gulls (DAB 604-
607) at the Lost Islands: ca. 30 birds total.
Half-grown chicks were visible
on the bare rocks east of the large tree island. These
chicks were definitely younger than those of Kingsway
Rock. We then headed south, past Fillies Point (an
Ancient Manuf. colony) on Lyell Island, past Tan
Islets & Windy Bay to Muckesian Island. We noticed
in this a narrow entrance into a beautiful lagoon.
Extremely narrow entrance, Dave had to gun the boat
and shoot the tidal flow. Sharp left turn past the
entrance. The lagoon harbours the old homestead of
Adrianne & Remy Geigy- . We set up in
their guest cabin. Evidence of where their house that was
moved, garden greenhouse still there. Cut shrines from
the garden, even though it hadn't been tended for 2
years. Ravens, Great-blue Heron, Kingfishers, Chestnut-
backed Chickadees. Worked on the gulls from 17:00 -
21:30, except for a dinner break of fresh-smoked salmon.