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Field Notes D.A. Bell
8 June 1990
in E side of gully. No sign of turkel for quite a while, and
no food either.
14:15 Trivel took a shot at a Bald Eagle out W of gully
times, her-hiking. 14:30 One of the peregrines making several
short fly-albuts in front of gully, returning to may a tree
in E side of gully. 14:30-15:20 : Watching gully. The hen has
changed position a few times, usually returning to a snag or tree
in so E side of gully - 16:00 - Still watching her on snag. Lite
rain. 16:15 - Rain heavy, hen no longer visible. 16:15-18:00,
rain. 18:00 Hen visible on high tree east of gully. Seen
out, she's drying out - preening, stretching, etc. Silver band
on left leg visible. 18:40 Winter Wren came out to rocky
slope to pege in crachs in rocks. Pair of tiny Sparrows doing
same. While watching hen Peals in snag - nice afternoon
sun (18:45) - blue sky background - oh warmth again. Now
the Peals has a very "black & white" appearance - slate dark
texts black-grey back & crown/malar. White breast a bit, with
only a hint of cream color on lower belly. A Peals' Blackish
slate gray is still not as black as a Calif Peregrine's.
Rather, it has a slight "musty", a "fulmar sheen" to it.
This ad. I was here last year also didn't revive young. This ?
hos a pair of whitish spots on rafe. 18:50 - Bald eagle pair
on W end of M.D- Funny bug launched out of over bay -
Peregrine did not react. 21:00 - Falcon flew from
summing second perch or snag to tree on top of E end of gully.
21:30 We packed up and slowly made our way back
to the cabin. In the area below the cliff of the