Field notes, v639
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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