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- Ballingall Island
July 22/41 [1941] The island was again visited to take
final movies of the cormorants and gulls.
Young cormorants in all stages of growth
were present in all nests but which still
containted eggs. (Pelagic) In one nest of
Pelagic, 2 young + one egg were present;
in another 2 young, one freshly hatched (?)
The latter were both found to be dead at
the end of the afternoon possibly through sun
stroke, though day was cloudy past two.
Young of double crested cormorants in
nest which contained eggs last trip (June 17/41 [1941])
were still quite small but very active.
Young in nest which we noted last visit
as just hatchling(?) were as large as
parent bird but not yet feathered.
No more than three young were noted
in a nest. One yound was seen to
leave nest, jumping into the next one, a foot
or 18" [inches] away. Parent birds were very
bold, coming to nest when we were within
12 feet of it. They did not feed readily,
however, when we were close.
Gulls [underlined] - Many young of several stages
were running around and hiding on island
and some were on the water One nest only
was seen with 3 eggs present. Many young gulls
were found dead, among nests + along shore.
One was found dying in water's edge, from head
wound, (from mature gull?)
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