FIELD NOTES Doug Bell June 18, 1986 The Harbor Master let us take his skiff out to East Sand Island at 12:52. The conditions were a bit too rough before that. High tide was at 10:15. We landed at Northeast end. As it turns out, we would have been better off to land at the middle north shore, just west of the half-mile-pin ruins and the large navigation platform. As we arrived, men saw a Canada Goose carrying young piggy-back. Flock of about 25 mallards here. Surf Scotas also rafting. Canada Goose, about 8 birds, 6 of which are about half grown. Loads of Caspian Terns - scaping our presence. Gulls all over too. Seems as if more Glaucus-winged trypes are nesting on the grassy dredge-spill area at east point of island. This place is a real smorgasbord of gulls! Both glaucous-winged & Western & hybrid. We marched along marsh shore, and all over is a type of mammal scat - from a plant eater. Some areas, like where I camped in the pines last year, are just covered with these scats. Paths are worn in the grass. Found 2 skulls - muskrat? Also saw what might be Whimbrel - about 5 birds total. At 15:30 I collected 3 gulls - a good Western w/ a bent leg, an apparent good Glaucus-wing - with dark irides and pink eye-ring, and a gull with even lighter primary tips than the Glaucus-wing, but a yellow eye-ring and Western-type irides. Confusing. Marn & I also checked over a number of nests - counting eggs & young. Data follows. Also saw 2 out of season