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Field Notes D.A.Bell
June 7, 1990
of the pinnacle: it looks like only on end of nest consist
of sticks, the rest blends into the grassy knoll.
The cd. ? is either incubating or shading a chick - she's
flat out on the nest. Ad. & on other, smaller
pinnacle nearby. Great view of the nest.
at 14:15 we heard lek-lek-lek of an irate falcon,
[illegible] this coming from the big E face of Cox I-
Wayne located the tiered, on a tree on [illegible] end
of SE gully, facing W-SW. Quite close. 14:30 - it
definitely looks like the Bald Eagle is shading/brooding
a chick. We've had mixed clouds/sun all day, with some
light showers. 14:35 - the eagle stood up in the nest, just a bit,
to then look down into the nest. It picked at something in the
bowl several times, bill opening & closing could be seen. 14:39-
14:50 - eagle mostly half-drooped over nest, somewhat on haunches,
wings drooped a bit out to the sides, very alert looking, often
staring or staring *staring* in my direction. During 14:15-
15:00 Wayne watched the tiered Peregrine, it was in close
& on SE side of gully, then after long while flew to
SW side of gully, sat. Another peregrine flew over high,
The tiered saw it, launched off; the fast incoming
falcon flew thru gully, the tiered whipped off
and around after it, going round the W end of
Cox I., no vocalizations at all. We proceeded up to
[illegible] and down along the W end of SW gully. Wayne
showed me the crest of ledge leading down to the grass-
ledge eyrie site, then a countryship ledge at very end