Field notes, v639
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Field Notes Dory Bell U.C. Berkeley January 31, 1984 10:30 - John Tricket saw, from the 3rd floor Biolibrary window, the peregrine flying east from LS8 to Campanile, carrying a large prey item in its talons. The falcon did not stop at the Campanile, but continued on. 15:00 - Matt Nijon & Lee Aulman from U.C. Santa Cruz Predatory Bird Research Group stopped in at MVZ. I took them up to the Campanile right away - no peregrine. Weather is cold & getting cooler. Scattered clouds. We went back to MVZ - I showed them around. They were delighted to see everything. Lee was particularly interested in the Genders, Matt in the Aplomados. [illegible] Matt was surprised about our Aplomado Falcon series - to see such variation. All the birds the UC group has have a dark creamy Tan/rusty breast, clean, no markings. 17:15 - We went back to the Campanile. No falcon. February 1, 1989 08:45 - Drove to Campanile w/ Matt & Lee. Saw the falcon sitting on the South Side, shelf #2. Quite relaxed, flanked feathers very fluffed out. Matt & Lee have the impression that the [illegible] is large. But they are not certain either. Still, beginning to think it is indeed a female. We watched the bird for about 15 minutes.