Field notes, v639
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Field Nots D.A. Bell 9 June 1990 with - true "forest" falcon. Adult breeding are. We walked over to west of rock. Falcons have a ledge about 15' below crest. Small shrubbery, grass, good scrape. Ledge measures about 6 x 4', but young could scramble further up grassy ledge nearly to top. 3 chicks: 1 8 (820g) + 2 49 (1015); probably 22+23 days old. Ledge has a scrape almost 2-3' out from back of cliff - it is nearly approached vertically - that is, not protected by overhang. The eyrie rock is back from the rocky shore, hidden well in trees. Saw Yellow- bellied Sapsucker on way up rock. We were on top of rock at 13:40, finished 4 chicks at 14:40. The Dibrel Bay eyrie is on peninsula leading out to Andrew's Point, and the south end of Dibrel Bay is formed by Coke Point. We left the beach at Dibrel Bay about 15:00, drove the Zodiac E & S around to the strait between Tangua & Lucy Is. Good View of Pillar Rock on Graham A. (in Pillar Bay) - a "Becke" eyrie. Seas were not too bad, no more white caps - just loads of waves going every which way, but it became very calm at the lodges. We stopped for a short while at Hphigienia Pt., to saw after 5 min. one adult on as well as 4 high soaring birds in the sun! a French Lander crown of tree, then proceeded W to Fanny Bay. We went first to Mid-Fanny Bay. Wayne wanted to get the male id'd. We tried on it some help. Saw the falcon - I got out 16-Gauge and tried to see if we could scare up the tunicol. No such luck. So we went on W to