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153
Journal
K.E. Johnson
1968
July 6 Amchitka Island, Alaska
to check out a pair of Eagles that perch inland (one on top a tall hill top pole) & fly out to great beach walkers but don't appear too excited as long as you stay near the beach. They are several hundred yards from the beach & there are no sea stacks along the beach in the stretch nearest them.
I walked directly under the pole on which one sat. Both birds were very excited & dove on me progressively more as I continued down the hill from the pole to an eyrie on the west hill slope on the tundra & clearly seen from the pole. This nest was empty (no eggs, yug, or food items) but was clearly the object of their concern. I escaped with no cuts & scratches & headed up the Far hill. Here I crossed over a lulltop hummock with a eyrie [illegible] sized depression in it. This could have been an old eyrie but it has not been used recently. Again I was divied on by both birds, but was left alone once I was 100 yds