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Field Notes Douglas A. Bell
U.C. Berkeley
January 29, 1989
sitting parallel to the ledge.
with nearly hunched up shoulders.
Appears to have about a half-crop, or at least a
partial crop. Somewhat facing into NE wind. The
falcon did not move an inch in over an hour.
Although it is looking about.
January 30, 1989
2-2221 08:00 Met Jeff Davis at the Campanile. He let me onto
the Widow's Walk. The door opens out on the E
side of the Campanile. I had seen the peregrine
sitting on the NW corner of ledge #2, N face, from
down below. I discovered that one needs to lean out
slit in order to see ledges 2+3, because the stucco
ledge #4 blocks those. I was able to collect
peregrin remains from the E + S side, [illegible]
disturbing
the falcon. I then went to the NE corner
of Widow's Walk, leaned out, saw the falcons head,
who immediately launched out from his perch.
Began screaming a deep hek-hek-hek-hek. The
bird, from close up, almost looks big enough to
be a female. I took many picture as it
circled around in front of the Campanile, to
the W & N. It kept coming back up very
close, slightly above me, making agitated hek-
hek calls. The falcon must have made about
8-10 close passes, sometimes coming in from a