FIELD NOTES Doug Bell DATE: JUNE 4, 1985 LOCATION: EAST SAND ISLAND, NORTH (COLUMBIA RIVER, (BAKER BAY), OREGON. Up about 8:00 AM - it rained all night and continues to drizzle a bit. Some intermittent clearing. Spent late morning surveying area around camp and the eastern end of island. Checking for gull nests and possible trap sites. In the area just west of camp - natural sandy soil covered in short gresses and drift wood - an area about 1/2 size of a football field, found following nests: # Eggs Present No. of Nests 0 8 1 3 2 4 3 30 In eastern dredge-spill area, and on beach, found following: # Eggs Present # of Nests 0 0 1 0 2 1 3 6 13:00 - onwards. Setting out traps. Weather has turned sunny. One trap on beach pair near gear, one trap on 3-egg nest in spill-dredge area. No luck though. I would check one trap, then the other. Each time my approach would be announced by all birds in area. Gulls had either time to walk out of trap before I got to it. Tried trapping in area just west of camp. This worked better - could hide and "rush" trap. Caught a male gull ([#948 018]) at about 16:00. Could not tell what type of mate it had. This bird died while wrapped and waiting for processing. Left the beach trap out, and the trap over the nest of 018. Am trying to catch its mate. Waited till