Field notes, v639
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Field Notes D.A. Bell June 11, 1990 good smells, SW wind. 25 Harlequins out on bay. Road boat over to Langara Lodge, located behind Lodge. Saw close-up ed a imm Bald Eagle. Varied Thrush singing in background. Hiked thru blowdown and latches of undergrowth to a position just E of Iphigenia eyrie site. Left Lodge on foot at 12:00 Rain, cold wind. Could see 3(?) downy chicks in eyrie. Arrived at old site at 15:00 14:30. Then had to sit out rain for an 1¼ hrs. Then hiked around gorge to top of eyrie area. 16:00. (Saw imm, begging White-Wrens, heard Western Flycatchers and saw a Swainson's Thrush? on hike from Langara Lodge to Iphigenia.) Also, as we arrived at Lodge we had heard a wailing penguin - floater? Now at Iphigenia - can hear belching adults - at every passing Bald Eagle. Sounds like an adult friend is screaming at us on top of rock. Watching ad. falcon may across the gorge from us. Beautiful angle, lighting. Thick male, hood filled in to level w/upper mandible. Clean central portion of ear patch, slight boot protrudes into ear patch from rope. Think flank markings up to straddled shoulder, belly & think tear drops (so breast is not as geosculpted as the radar swift bird). Bite & think tear drop over fleche. Beautiful view of her right side - oblique Crest. Pale yellow feet, palm are. No crown a mapo uniform. Packard has irregular lighter patches. Chubs: 88 5556 We both climbed down the rope, Wayne ahead of me, along a solid-covered shaft to the eyrie ledge below. A beautiful site! 3 downy chicks, approx. [illegible]. 13 day old, 2 &D; 1 ♀. The ledge is about 3'x6 rectangular with