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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