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Field Notes
Bell
June 21, 1987 - cont
On west offshore rock at Yaquina head - 30 WG x WG pairs, one hybrid.
This is the large rock just west of the lighthouse - it also
has the large colony of Murres & Brandt's & Pelagic
Conorants.
June 22, 1987
14:00-15.00 at Yaquina Head, Lincoln Co., Oregon. Noting gull
types:
- Observation Platform (South East): Shore: WGp lt/yellow; WGq & lt/yellow
& pigm/yellow; WGp lt/yellow.
- SE offshore rock: 1 hybrid lead tossing to WG
WG: 15 birds Hybrids: 2
- SE point (eastern face): WG - 17; Hybrids 2 = both have
primaries slightly lighter than WG, and one has pigm iris/yellow
eyering; other has light iris/yellow eye ring.
- Rock off SE Point: WG 14; Ayb: 1
- Head itself: WGp lt/yellow but both birds have primary tips
lighter (esp. following-edge marks) than WG.
3 WGp lt/yellow.
- Westernmost offshore rock: WG: 51 Hybrids: 5
16:15: Depoe Bay, Lincoln Co., Oregon. At fish rocks
14 WG; 1 Hyb - lower 1/2 of iris dark pigm &
yellow eyering. Lighter PO tips.
1 marked WG (red on rump)
1 GWG seen flying nearby
16:38: Siletz Bay for Lincoln city, Lincoln Co., Oregon).
- 2 GWG adults alarming & chasing ad. Bald Eagle.
The eagle had a fish in its bill, flew at first