Field notes, v639
Page 377
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Field Notes D.A. Bell May 25, 1990 the gulls, Maren went fishing with Bob Paine, Tim Weston, Betty & Wayne Sousa. Caught rockfish. Forget to mention - a Peregrine was seen around 11:00 am on 24 May; also some Cassin's Auklet carcasses on the beach - clearly Peregrine work. Did Petrel trapping 23:30 - 13:15. In addition to Leach's Fork-tail, caught 5 Cassin's Auklets! May 26, 1990 Good rain off a on all day. Went to blind #1 2 birds/shot and collected another pair of gulls on 1 shot (DAB 707-708). Spent much of a wet afternoon preparing all six gulls from yesterday & today. In mid-afternoon, Luke Larkwork, saw ad. Bald Eagle come by a grab a murre on the colony. It caught it on the bluff of the colony and proceeded to tear into it right on the spot, until our watching scared it off. They lit the wood stove in the house today - good, because it was pretty cold and wet all day. Towards evening went fishing around N. Island. We caught Rock Fish & [illegible] Ling Cod. N. Island has quite another whole two groups of Common Murres. Near perspective of the island, also Pelagic Cormorant nests, rather close to our activity, but the nests did not yet have eggs. As for the Murres - it looks like about an additional 500 are on the N. island & associated reefs. Just before dark I heard the kek-kek-kek call of an agitated Peregrine from somewhere off the NE end of Tatoosh I. Also, at least