FIELD NOTES Doug Bell June 6, 1985 Location: Variable; Oregon & Washington June 7, 1985 Drove from Ilwaco, WA. back to Astoria Oregon for money & gas. Stopped at Fort Columbia. Then called Willapa Natl. Wildlife Refuge. Headed back through Ilwaco, went to Lighthouse at [illegible] North Head. Raining, no pouring Windy. Then on to Willapa Nat. Wild. Refuge Headquarters. Missed it though, went by mistake to point Leadbetter. Finally made it to Refuge. (16:15). Ulrich Wilson not in, but waited for his return. Met him at 19:30. Discussed plans. He suggested I contact Steve Speich - as this group will be going out to the islands in Willapa Bay. Spent night (raining) at motel in South Bend, WA. June 7, 1985. Drove to Olympia. Met Steve Speich and Steve Jeffries at Marine Mammal Headquarters (on 47th St - at Bay, off of East Bay Drive). Made numerous contacts. Went to Port of Olympia to trap Gulls. Got permission from Mr. Jim Jackson. 17:00 - at Port of Olympia - trapping in field of dredgings behind the port log stacks. Behind Marina. A portion of this marina is new, yet to be filled. 3 gull nests on piling here. In dredge field there are about 15 pairs of gulls. Most birds here resemble more the "Glaucous-winged". But variation exists. Of 28 birds in dredge field, 20 have lt. grey mantles = grey of wing tips, 5 have grey of mantle lighter than tips, and 3 have very dark wing-tips (relative to classic Glaucous-wings. These 3 birds are paired with normal gulls.