Field notes, v639
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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