Field notes, v639
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Field Notes August 4, 1989 mornings. Beautiful evening. Fine sun, some overcast. We took the same route back up. Stopped at the far Burnaby Cabin about 19:30. I got to work on the gulls. We decided to pitch a tent because of so many rats in the cabin. Saw a river otter on the way in. Deer, too. After dark saw what Owls were calling from the woods. August 5, 1989 While finishing up the gulls I had a great time listening to the odd metallic noises of the ravens. Ruby-crowned Kinglets, Red-breasted Nuthatches, Hermit Thrush, & Chestnut-backed Chickadees in the woods. Even heard the scream of a Peregrine a couple times, coming from high up on the tree line of Burnaby I. as a Bald Eagle. We watched a seagull foraging in the intertidal for quite some time. We got all peeled, and dawned the boat by 13:30. Our route home [back to] Sandspit took us through Juan Perez Sound -> Darwin Sound -> Richardson Passage -> Lagoon Inlet -> Kluane Passage, past Helmet I. -> across Lusheck Bay thru Limestone Is. (where Racoon researchmen are) along out Louisa I west -> between Skedans Is. & Louisa I, across Cumsheva Inlet, around Cumsheva Head and then straight up to Sandspit. Roughest waves on the way to Sandspit. We took one wave over the bow, which drenched me & the equipment. We got in to Sandspit around 20:30. Beautiful broken