E.C. Olmuck 1937. would walk as far back on the shore line as they could and occupied crevices & niches where they could keep still & thus be unnoticed to passersby. In these cases most were too oil soaked to stay afloat on the water and apparently took this avenue of escape when a dog or people passed by. In approaching these concealed birds, however, they would make a run for the pounding surf and usually would be returned to us by quickly the pounding of the first wave. Sive Murre's when approached gave a coarse squawk, Terns quacked like Mallards, and Western Grebes gave their regular grating call which sounded more broken & distressed than usual. All birds were beligerent and care had to be taken not to get too many gashes on our hands. All methods of killing were tried that would still let them be valuable as skeletons,