Sept, 1911 
AN EARLY SPRING TRIP TO ANACAPA ISLAND 
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before any wind came up. It was agreed to come after us at noon, but we landed 
a good supply of water and provisions with us. There is no water on the east 
islands, so it is necessary to be prepared in case of a blow. 
We were greeted loud clamoriiigs and flopping wings of a perfect swarm of 
Brown Pelicans {Pelecanus calif orniciis) and Western Gulls, up on top of the 
island. This was the same place that was visited bj'- some Cooper Club members 
in the summer of 1910. A number of pelicans were noted flying with long strips 
of sea weed in their bills, for mending the old nests, but none of them had begun 
to lay their eggs. 
Our time was limited on the i.sland, so we made directly for the eagle’s nest 
located the day previous. The old male sighted us as we neared the cliff, and flew 
out over the water giving an alarm note repeated several times, but the female did 
not leave the nest until we peered down over the top of the cliff. As she sailed 
out over the water we gazed eagerly to see if there was a set of two or three eggs 
in the nest. Instead of eggs we spied two moving objects that looked like balls of 
downy cotton in the center of the mass of sticks and grasses. The young eagles 
looked to be about two or three days old. A half-eaten fish was lying on the edge 
of the ne.st, while .several backbones of good sized fish could be seen scattered 
around. Not wishing to keep the old bird away from the nest too long we passed 
on around the island, leaAUiig them in their glor_y. 
Shortly after noon we sighted the launch returning for us, so everything was 
carried back down on the rocks at the foot of the cliff, and w^e were soon back on 
the launch bound for the harbor, I suppose to the relief of the Pelicans and Gulls, 
as they settled back down among the nests on top of the cliffs. 
The afternoon was spent rounding up the sheep by Mr. Webster and the two 
shearers, so we A'olunteered to help. While driving some .stray sheep out of one 
of the small rocky gulches running up in the island, Peyton located a Raven’s 
( Corvus corax simiattis) nest in the niche of a small cliff. The deeply cupped top 
of the ne.st was warmly lined with wool, but the eggs had not yet been laid. This 
I am sure was the only Raven’s nest on the i.slands, for wt pretty thoroughly can- 
vassed them all. 
Saturday, the 19tli, we remained around the harbor fishing and getting our 
things together, as we were to be taken home the next morning, the weather per- 
mitting. So far we had been fortunate, as the weather had been very calm all 
week. 
The launch had to be run up to the sheep shearers’ camp at the west end of 
the island before leaving for the mainland, and Peyton and Harrison went along in 
it, while I remained at camp to finish packing up. While passing up the island, 
near the cliffs, a third nest of the eagles was located on the ledge of a cliff, and the 
old bird could be seen on it. It was a great temptation to stay another day on the 
island, but everything w^as packed and loaded on board, so we had to pass it up, 
and say good-by to Aiiacapa and the eagles. 
FROM riFLD AND STUDY 
Two Species New to California. Ovenbinl. Seiurus aurocapillus. While engaged this 
spring in photographic work on the Farallones [in re the Farallone bird-group being prepared 
for the California Academy of Science) , I had opportunity to observe several small bird waves, 
each of which brought us a motley assortment of eastern forms. On the 29th of May a strange 
