FIELD NOTES Doug Bell DATE: MAY 21, 1987 Birds were collected at the northern unit of Van Damme State Park. This is the peninsula just south of Mendocino town. Saw other birds, but the 2 I shot looked a bit like a mated pair - they had a nest on a small offshore rock. The male had even raised some gull chicks around. Other birds seen - Hairy Woodpecker, Marsh Hawks, Ospreys, Barn Swallows. DATE: May 22, 1987 Tried trapping at Van Damme beach to no avail. Gulls too wary & too many people! Gave up. Went to northern Van Damme unit - prepared the 2 birds I shot last night. Decided to talk to the ranchowner of the land inbetween the 2 State Park Units to see if I couldn't shoot gulls on their property. Met a wonderfully sweet gray-haired lady, Clora Spring, and her charge, an old woman confined to a wheel chair. They said it'd be OK to shoot if their son agreed, which they did. So I made plans to go back to their west cliffs this afternoon. I drove out there, right to the cliff-edge and was able to shoot 4 gulls in quick succession [DAB 129-132]. Recorded gull calls at Van Damme Point. DATE: May 23, 1987 Went back to the Spring property in the morning and shot 3 more gulls (actually 4 - but I lost one in the sea). Met Alan Spring - probably mid 40's - very nice fellow!