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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