Field notes, v639
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Field Notes D.A. Bell 6 June 1990 and peer in. Wayne retrieved 3 young, and I got the fourth. All from banded 4 green band on left leg and silver band on r. leg. 3 ??, 1 ? ca. 25 days old. (?'s fledge 43 d; ??'s 41 d). Also retrieved picked out 39 Ancient Murleitt, 3 Lessin Skelot + 1 Fork-tailed Storm Petrel from egrie. Also took blood samples from each chick by toe clipping (end of claw, that is). Finished with falcons and returned to boat @ 1900. Ad. tired still screaming. It's been at it all day. Then we continued N + W around Langara I. As we departed McPherson Point we heard + then saw an Ancient Murleitt chick in the kelp. It swamied back to the rocks - striking black + white pattern. We hurried over for a look. Wayne noticed it by its 3s-chew- 3s-chew warbling note (means, as they descend to water they give a 3wcep-3wcep-3wcep call). Bad timing for the chick to be out in broad daylight. Must have gotten stuck in log jaws on way out at night. Wayne thinks if it could make it out to sea for a mile, its parents might recognize its call. We checked cliffs between Telegraph Post + Langara Light Station where we found a single ad. falcon, on a snag. We motored in, scared it off, but it only flew a short distance, to land in a tree. We watched it for about 10 min, then decided to land me to see if it would become defensive. As we decided to do that, it disappeared [19:15]. Then on to Langara Light - Radar Post Between Radar + Post Langara Light Langara Light I also looked for falcons, but none seen