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- [Typewritten copy of journal of Allan C. Brooks]
14. Same walk as yesterday, found the falcon
shot then saw two or three others. Shot one
Q.C. [Queen Charlottes] woodpecker and saw three pine grosbeaks.
Strong N.W. [Northwest] wind. Fine.
16. To Egeria Bay in a better boat that the one
we have been using, shot another young falcon
a dark male, saw an adult, very few birds,
2 semipal. [semipalmated] plover, 1 least sandpiper. Lots of
shearwaters etc. [etcetera] out to sea but the perpetual
N.W. [Northwest] Gale blowing keeps all the fishing boats
close inshore.
19. The strong w. [west] wind moderated at last. Rowed
over to Graham Island shore (Dadens) saw 3
adult Peale's falcons hunting and shot a nice
male. Saw 1 wandering tattler, 1 spotted sand-
piper, and crowds of black oystercatchers down
west coast. 4 white-cheeked geese and a green-
wing teal on the rugged rock bound coast. Many
bear signs right out to edge of woods.
21. To Egeria Bay, high n.w. [northwest] wind still continues
Shot a Wandering Tattler, the only other shore
bird seen was a Ring plover. Hundreds of
Rhinoceros auklets in the bay also Herring and
G.W. [Glaucous-winged] gulls.
22. Left on the packer "Kanawaka" (Nelson Bros. [Brothers])
transhipping to another packer at 7-mile Pt. [Point]
and arrived at Masset at noon, fairly calm
but hardly any birds seen. In the afternoon
went out to N. [North] beach where we took 3 Pacific
Golden Plover, all adults and [Rev. A.] Mackie also shot
a female juv. [juvenile] Peale's falcon.
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