FIELD NOTES Doug Bell June 23, 1986 Drove from Seattle to the ferry at Mukilteo (sp?), which took us then over to Keystone on Whidbey Island. Then went to South Whidbey State Park - had good lunch. Nice spot, green fir, grassy. We drove on to Kingston to catch the ferry over to Port Townsend. The beach just south of Kingston would be a good shooting beach. The ferry ride was real windy, clear sky, sunny. Saw large rafts of feeding gulls & Rhinoceros Auklets. We met Steve Speich at Sequim Bay State Park. Camped there. June 24, 1986 Steve Speich motored us in his Boston Whaler over to Protection Island. Some wind, rough water, but sunny. Arrived at the island around 10:00. The island watcher from the Beach Club gave us a cool welcome, and Steve an even cooler one. But after he checked with Joe Galusha, he let us on. We were driven to the trailer, unloaded our stuff. By 11:30 we had our traps set out on grassy slopes at the brink of the steeper soil cliffs on the south side of the island. There are loads of Glaucous-winged gulls here. Rhino Auklet burrows abound on the slopes & amongst the gull nests. Trapped one gull off the 3 egg nest (DAB 108) and one off a 2 egg nest (DAB 107). Then reset traps, went back to trailer. At the trailer we got a good view of the Bald Eagle nest. In fact, in our way back along the road we saw one adult flying over the spit area. At the nest