Field notes, v639
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Field Notes D.A. Bell June 8, 1990 Up at 07:30. Saw deer down on beach near the creek, plus a few Harlequin Ducks. Swainson's Thrush singing. Wayne heard the call of a Red-throated Loon flying over Colin, and last night we heard what might have heard the call of Marbled Murrelet flying over about 23:00 (still light out). Also, yesterday on Clark Bay we saw Red-throated Loon. Anyway, left camp Fury Bay middle at 09:45, walking W to the eyrie site at Fury Bay middle. Low tide @ 09:00. Wayne showed me his old blind set out on Fury Bay East (1969). He had set up blind at one location where ads. had screeled, this forced adults to move to another location, where they laid 2 eggs. Wayne took one egg for (WS), the birds moved to a 3rd location, where they laid 3 eggs. 1 egg disappeared, 1 egg hatched well. Other chick died at hatching. 1 chick raised- his blind was only 13' away from scrape ! We continued walking along beach/rock! diff edges. Found an aviators helmet, wood bench, gaff. Heard Winter Wrens, saw Townsend's Warbler. Arrived Fury Bay Middle at 11:15, so it took ~ 1.5 hours to walk here. Heard Western Flycatcher, Swainson Thrush. Good SE winds, overcast. 11:50: Falcon appeared from W, flew to East gully side. Dark, large, thick malar, gray feathers at over ear- so small white on patch. Good heart markings -> wide horizontal bars on flanks. Bif Y method loss. 12:00 the lek-holed at Bald Eagle, flew at it, returned to a snag on E gully side. 12:05 she chased another eagle, returned to tree top.