Paul DeBenedictis 1961 July 17 Et. Stevens State Park, Oregon; Cannon Beach, Oregon Chestnut-backed chickadees up in the trees. By the beach in grassy dunes. Many passerines. Orange-crowned wattle, Savannah sparrow, white-crowned sparrow, black birds, crows, robins, pewee, barn t? violet-green swallows, gulls & cormorants flying along beach. First site was very wet Poplar, Fir forest. Lots of mosquitoes, eaten by many of the birds. Stopped at rocks at south end of Cannon Beach. Here a large rock perhaps 80 feet high covered with grasses of several types, and bounded by sheer rocky faces. On top hundreds of western gulls, nesting, which attracted my attention. With them about as many [Tucked] Tornad Puffins, also nesting. They sat at the entrance to rabbit-hole sized burrows. On the faces Pelagic and? Double-Breasted Cormorants nested in large grassy patches on the ledges. The two nests were indistinguishable, but Pelagic's may have been a little larger. Several Pelagics were still building. They were mostly on the north side while Double-Brast, were mostly on the south side. 7-8 prs of Pelagic, perhaps 10-17 prs. Double Breasted. Also on the rock faces, with perhaps no nest but a rocky depression were Pigeon Guillemots. These were common. No other species noted in about 1/2 hrs. time. This is an excellent spot for observing these species as all species are quite accessible, even at a fairly high tide. Go on the Beach at Cannon Beach