Field notes, v639
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Field Notes D.A. Bell June 12, 1990. which are most likely in grass at base of gully. Very light links - 1" tips nearly = mantle. Dark pink eyerings and thickly pigmented eye rings. Saw one courting feed 4/6" sand linnas. Wayne has ID both the Peregrines and determined that they are the same pair as last year. The falcon is landed, with a silver band rt. and a green band left. She came from Furry Boy esprio 4 years ago. Quite nice! It was approaching 15:30, so we decided to get on with the work. We hiked to back to the road along the wood road to a trail that led around the gully. More crawling + climbing over & under brush. Wayne went in to the esprio, I went below to the rock shore to categorize gulls. Found 6 pairs of GWG's to ID. These links are on the headlands just E of the light station and W of the falcon gully. While id-ing gulls I could hear the raspy behching of the ad. peregrines, and occasionally saw them hanging on the mud above us. Saw a fair number of Laughing Gering Gulls and one Western Bull. Met Wayne back at the trail est 17:10, after I had gotten lost in underbrush. We went to the Light Station. Well kept, neat, met Warren & Ellaine Kennedy (+ daughter, Chantrel, son. ) (3rd kid on the way in Sept). We stayed for a great dinner. Then tried ID-ing gulls below the station proper. About 5 more pairs, but light was getting poor. Beautiful view over Dixon Entrance - clouds scattered, sun sinking down, strong winds. Just gorgeous. Wayne & I went back to the boat landing to get some things. Stopped at the beach to watch the