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Field Notes
D.A. Bell
28 March 1990
David Dugovic said 1st egg was laid on Sunday, March 25;
and 2nd egg laid yesterday, March 26. One egg is reddish
brown, typical in color, the other egg is very light, almost
dirty grey. Light egg: 1st egg; 2nd egg: darker one.
10:55-11:15. Blue landed falcon (left leg) sitting on nest,
not entirely covering eggs. Very attentive, watching
everything flying past. Fishermen on the rocks below
don't seem to bother her.
11:15 Another falcon flew by (min?).
11:16 Blue landed bird stood up, launched off the nest, but
returned 't in a minute. Half-standing over both visible
eggs.
11:25 - Falcon on nest gave short, disturbed heck-heck
call as minn. Red-tail flew over slope. She is
now fully sitting on eggs, very actively looking about,
but appears somewhat more 'relaxed' now.
David said the tiercel of this pair has a silver band on
its Rt. leg; falcon has blue band on Lft. leg. I
think he mentioned that the falcon's cure is deeper yellow
than the tiercels.
11:30-11:50 - Falcon still sitting tight on eggs.
11:58 - Falcon looking intently up at something.
11:59 - Tiercel just landed on handrail of gangway around North
Tower, above 1st horizontal line.
12:00 - Hech-heck heard, tiercel launched off tower and joined
falcon chasing [illegible]. Red-tail. Both stopping on it, forcing
it around Cove. Great news of both peregrines. The f