Li DICKER 1972 April 26 cont. At 1430. Catch this time 107. Helen took only 19 black caphles this time. Quite a few w.i. in love white gulls, W.I.T tail tips or white bands on tail. One we had caught the legs over flopped down, + Gordon says he has seen this on a few other individuals. Also 3 taken in the "graveyard" (on the first 3 w.gulls) had bolt marks on the head giving them the appearance of having distinct age rings. Jimmy Swi. Hi's boat, "The Breadwinner", came twice today -- once about 1105 + once about 1600. He brought out 3 people from The Nature Conservancy who are involved in the project to reduce the number of Herring Gulls breeding on the Island. In the afternoon, caught a Willow Warbler in the top behind the house, + saw another. We handled weighed + measured it. Worked on the dissections of Mike's 5 h.i.er from 1815 to 2000. Then took dinner. With AM. Took a few photographs on the N.end. of the Island in spite of the rapidly deteriorating light conditions. (finished 1 roll & 2 shots) + started another). At 230 to 2320 went to Lowlight (Bird Obs.) + talked to 3 who had come out "to helped on the Herring Gull project. They plan to reduce the H.G. population from an estimated 8,000 pairs + to about 2000 over a 3 year period. Each of the 3 years they want to break the tradition of breeding in certain parts of the island by hijping all [illegible] breeding pairs in those areas. This they exect to do by poisoning (or brood), by carefully placing