Field notes, v1379
Page 71
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RVE Johnson 1968 Journal May 20 Anchutke Island, Alaska (cont.) This is a new species for the island. A short ways further toward the tip of Kirilof Point we located a large cleft in the cliffs & here we found both Pelagic Cormorants and Red-faced Cormorants building nests, over water, in the vertical west facing side of the cleft. These are the 1st of the latter species recorded for the island. The Pelagic was the only species recorded for the island until today, even though the Red-faced species is considered most common in the Aleutian Islands. We followed the contours of the point around until we overlooked Constantine Harbor & encountered a few additional birds of species named above, then returned to our truck & drove to the dock area in Constantine Harbor. We noted Common Eiders, Glaucous-winged Gulls, a Double-crested Cormorant, Pelagic Cormorants & a Buteo hawk on the island. The hawk was perched facing us on a grassy ridge toward the top of the island & it was periodically dived upon by gulls. It would lower its neck & open its bill & follow the attack as if ducking under it, yet ready to grab a gull if it came too close. The hawk was unlike any we have seen on the island. It was decidedly smaller than an Eagle and had a very light plumage suggesting a light Red-tailed