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Field Notes
D.A. Bell
June 9, 1990
Furry Bay W, fried, scared up Bald eagle. Went to White spot cliff, (just E of Furry Bay W), fried. No response, but about 5 mi. later we saw a tiercel Peregrine zip in a tree top level from the W - headed for Furry Bay Middle site. Wow! We looted over to Furry Bay Middle, landed on rocks in heavy swirls. ~~Before landing~~ we saw the tiercel fly to a may right on the rock, the od. falcon flew over to a ledge, screaming at him. This falcon ~~is at least in her 6th breeding season.~~
We landed, and after things were safe, saw that the falcon had moved back to a tree perch on E side of gully. A then saw the tiercel, and Wayne was able to id him - same bird as last year. So this is second year in a row that the pair failed. Falcon screamed at him a bit. He is very clean, light, gentle markings on breast & flanks, the flank marking looks almost lighter than upper breast & flake. Bito has fine penciling. Malar thick, with small line of grey going at angle off to raze, denoting the ear patch. Gorgeous bird. Just before we were to leave, we saw the falcon go after an od. Bald going E. She put in long hard stop, may have touched its wing, tiercel followed right behind 4an even harder stop, causing the eagle to turn and drop down. He also might have whacked a wing. Falcon put in a second stop also nearly hitting the eagle. By this time it was nearly beyond Furry Bay East. Both od. peregrines returned to Furry Bay Med. She was still screaming at him, too.