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Field Notes
D.A. Bell
June 14, 1990
found one beautiful ledge, w/ scrape and a falcon back feather,
on top beneath a large root ad downed tree at the
top of a middle ridge (of 3) in the inlet. Great moss-
crowded mound in front. Scrape on ledge faces W-NW.
Also saw Brown Treeeepers; and we heard an chipping
thrush, saw him skirt across stay in front of inlet-
e-chipping to drive off intruder? Is this a floater pair?
Hear Red Crossbills. We made our way back to the
boat at the beach at 12:30. Sat on rocks in rain,
to eat lunch & watch for peregrines. Found one mail
as soon as we sat down; tho after 1.5 hrs, the tide
was nearly taking our beach away, so we decided to
fire off another shot. I fired into the water, and
about 30 sec. later we saw a falcon (thrush) gently
zip out of the gorge and round the trees, headed E.
We packed up the boat, and decided to head E
around the island. Lots of drizzle, wet conditions. But
the seas are calmer on the E side. Lots of ledge loots
are [illegible] holding about the E side, so are the
heli-but boats (season started yesterday). We rounded
Henelong Bay and motored to Aphigenia Point. Good
swells & chop coming in from the W, but the rain
dulled, so I decided to collect some gulls. There
was a pair on the rocks near pinnacles *1, that
was soon joined by a third adult GWC. We slowly
made our way over to them. The waves were pretty
regular, and rain was threatening. I managed to