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Field Notes D.A. Bell
7 June 1990
Up at 0700. Birds heard around cabin: Chestnut-
backed Chickadee, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Bald Eagle,
some sort of Warbler (Orange-crowned?), and
golden-crowned Kinglet. 10:04 departed ferry bay, headed
for Cox Island. Landed on NBE beach, just N of large
reef area. Hiked to SE end of I., near the large
Window Pinnacle. Saw 2 ad. Bald Eagles fly about
the Pinnacle. One of the eagles had a raspy, hoarse,
guttural hunk or call, the likes of which Wayne had
never heard, nor I. One ad. bald settled on top of
the pinnacle. They had nested on it before in
the past (81?). We positioned ourselves in a knoll of
a view of the SE-facing gully, just S of the main
Cox I.
E face of Cox I. Watching @ 11:05. Heard falcon
call intermittently, but it isn't obvious where she is
sitting. On our way thru the woods to our old spot
we heard singing Swainson's & Hermit Thrushes, Winter
Wren, three Chestnut-backed Chickadee, Crow. 11:40 Wayne
spotted one falcon in gully @ top of tree, mostly hidden
by branches. Sang Sparrow song. 11:50 We changed position
to get a better view of the gully. As I moved
down to Wayne's spot I saw the falcon fly across
the gully and disappear to the W. 12:02 - We moved
back up to higher vantage. Wayne spotted a falcon in
tree on W end, but E face of the SE gully. I moved
up. spotted it too. Tired ad.; not the tinsel from
last year. Last year the "masked marauder" had been