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Field Notes
D.A. Bell
14 June 1990
Up at 06:30. Ravens ate my gull remains from yesterday.
Heard Townsend's Warblers + Swainson's Thrush in forest.
We were out in the boat by 09:15. Stopped at Lodge to
call the charter. Then saw 4 Balds in Hensling Bay.
Met Wayne's friend, Mike Pearson, in fishing boat on
channel. Rounding McPherson Point we came upon a
feeding boil of Herring. Up to 7 different Bald Eagles
were coming out + making hunting attempts. They
would come in low + try to grab fish several time
in a pass thru the boil (up to 8 attempts). Saw
several successful grabs, and one eagle pirate another,
next maneuvers, so that the one bird dropped its fish
and the other caught it, after a short twisting dive of
20 feet. We continued around McPherson Point (heard ad.
falun harking at a Bald Eagle as we sat in boat watching
the feeding boil). We landed at the inlet where we had
spotted falcons yesterday and earlier in the week. This inlet
has some nice more-covered gorges, and is just South of
the west end of Sea Lion Rocks, on N coast of Kangara,
approx equidistant between the McPherson cayic and the
Kangara Light Station cayic. We were able to land on rocky
beach (small) at outgoing tide at 11:15. Immediately heard a
stiriel & chipping, and saw a falcon screaming her
hunger mail. We were able to hike up slowly, found
feathers + plucking perches/ledges everywhere- gives
one a feeling of a large falcon "playpen." Some
ledges had good amounts of Murrelett feathers. We