Field Notes Doug Bell June 26, 1987 - cont. Towards dusk went out to the pilings and marshy area on northern shore. Got a beautiful view of a common scoter, on the mud, less than 20 m away, cleaning & preening itself. Brilliant orange bill, well almost a chevron-like black & white pattern on the cere. Little eyes - irises yellowish. Also saw about 35 Lesser Scaups (white side, greenish heads). June 27, 1987 - Mid-late. Since it was low tide, I walked out to the tall channel marker & climbed up it. Fairly good view of the northern side of the island. From camp (trees - group of small pines) to a west to about the thinnest portion of the island before it widens into a flat pancake head, counted: 246 nests. This area is mostly driftwood, low grass, irregular terrain. A smaller sal section of this had about 175 nests (150 m x 50). Frequencies of the birds here: WG: 25 GWG: 9 Hy: 11 (for those that were visible. There was also a gull nest in the tower - in a large metal box. Weather has turned poor - overcast, fog, light drizzle every now & then. Decided to attempt collecting on the beach w/in the pilings. On these pilings 2 pairs of gulls are nesting: 2 light-tipped Pº and one pair where the ♀ is good western, and the ♂ is light-tipped on the primaries. I believe I wound up collecting the ♂ from the former pair (actually had brownish Pº) and the ♀ from the latter pair. Also collected 2 other gulls - a hybrid & another Western (Total: DAB 200-203). Towards dusk I went out to the marsh area again. Got a view of my banding area: counted 24 WG's; 2 GWG's & 4 hybrids. Watched several flocks of lesser scaups as they came on shore to preen.