Field notes, v639
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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