Field notes, v1381
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11 April. Bald Eagle long as we were in sight of them On Roderick Island on the East side of Finlayson Channel is a water fall about 200 feet above sea level. The fall is about a mile north of the 2 mountains referred to. [Let.] The ship made a sharp turn into a channel in its northward course. Near Roderick Island opposite where the ship turned two more Bald Eagles were seen soaring at the same height as the others. They soar gracefully and will occasionally flap their wings. :50 PM Opposite the lower inlet about 8 mi below Swanson Bay. I saw a Bald eagle soar down toward the wake of the ship about 200 yards distant. The eagle leveled off slowly and approached the water near enough to snatch a morsel of garbage with its talons and when it commenced a slow ascent to the mountain on the west of Finlayson Channel To write.