Field notes, v636
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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