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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.