FIELD NOTES Doug Bell June 16, 1986 have been a gull that we saw 2 hrs earlier as we were going out to the dunes. The gull was lying flat as a pancake in the wind, wings droop drooping and panting. Or, this might have been one of my missed shots that finally came down. But it seems not - as it is very star light in act (700 gm) and looks emaciated. From 14:30-16:00 prepared the gulls. We then left Tillamook, ORE - drove to Chinook, WA. June 17, 1986 We spent the night in the Fort Columbia Youth Hostel. Real nice people, Frank & Sylvia run the place. Fort Columbia is on the Washington side of the Columbia River, just a couple miles west of the Astoria, ORE Bridge. We were up & out of the hostel went to the Chinook Harbor Master's Office. MR. GLENN LAGER. He said we could use his skiff to go out, but that it is already too rough to go out for today. We already have an outgoing tide too. So Maren & I first drove back to Astoria, ORE to check bank, eat, etc. The Astoria Bridge is a real "gull" bridge. The birds use it to get across the Columbia River without effort - they can soar at ca. 30 mph on the "eddies" created by the bridge and literally follow traffic. We went to Ilwaco and found a motel, as we wanted to repack everything. After 18:00 we drove out to the Nethird Lighthouse, then on to Fort Canby and Cape Disappointment. On the way to Fort Canby, WA we saw a Phealed Woodpecker