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6?; Of* 5 <0 ^— — 
13 4$n 1946 Duhdas Hbr . Along the west shore, of the 
harbor we found a good colony of gulls on a snail 
cliff,, — Appar e n t ly -- it -wa-e-abeut-- hal f-an # - half glauco us— 
and Thayer * s gulls, about 25 pairs each. 
The young 'Jiify!$&fl! 
a cliff around the point 
another - c olony - of -- g - luuc ous- 
ho nore than 4 
were about half grown. On 
-toward-Gro ker Bay we 'found 
uh is on a ledge about 500 feet up, 
adults were seen and there were at least 5 half grown 
young,—Smrer al ' tlmgs-triC '- gulls- ' C c me -ln - with -- their — 
c rops so gorr.ed with food that the distension was _ 
very conspicuous. They were very alert, When I 
ret u r ned f r om the wes t in the e ve 
approach o ut of sight of the‘ledge. When still half _ 
a mile distant I showed myself around the ppoint and 
noted "that, the only afult gull on the ledge - was facing - 
_a way fro m. jd&* Within _ah.na tter of second 3 afte r_ I 
showed myself it came screaming from the ledge, 
there were several others and they _ all begin 
on .me. . They would tower ijjigh a bove me and th en zoom 
down in a 45° dive with such speed that the wind in 
their wings made a surprisingly loud noise, when'a 
few. feet abov e me they s uddenly swerve d up _afeain at 
c v^9 ( ^/ ) • _ 
Soon 
uu dive 
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