FIELD NOTES Doug Bell cont. June 20, 1986 getting a boat ride to Whitcomb Island in Grays Harbor, WA. He suggested contacting the owner of Brady's Oysters on the south bay, just before the Elk River. We went there, he suggested contacting KEN WORTHINGTON in Westport, WA. This we did, and he agreed to take us out to the island for $20.00, would drop us off, then pick us up later. So at 14:00 he took us out to Whitcomb Island in Grays Harbor. We landed on the south west corner with his Dory, which was no problem as the bank was relatively steep here. We landed at about 1/4 outgoing high tide. He agreed to pick us up at 18:00. Whitcomb Island is essentially very flat, sandy bar, with two raised sections, one about in the middle and another near the SE corner: Site of major 2 colonies -> Raised dune areas, of gulls clumps of dune grasses WHITCOMB ISLAND, WA GRAYS HARBOR & all other areas could be inundated by tidal action. We censused about 1/4-1/5 of the areas containing nesting gulls on the island. This censusing was done in the major colony at the raised area of the island (A). The following categories of nests and nest propsers were noted: