FIELD NOTES Doug Bell July 3, 1987 12:30 am - at Port of Olympia, Olympia, Washington. Set trap out over 3 gpp nests. Two gull nests are on the mud flat, that has been diked off. The old flat area w/ several gull nests of the former years has been taken over for leg piles at the port. This one nest I trapped off was easily accessible on foot, placed on the ground next to a jibling. A second nest was up on a neighboring jibling. Caught the P (1988 222). The other nest was also still on eggs. Several nests in Port Buildings roof tops.. The nest I trapped was near the East Bay Marina. Also checked the old pier & small island off West Bay Drive. Of the pier nests - 2 still on eggs. Of the 7 visible island nests, 4 still on eggs. July 5, 1987 Met Joe Galusha at Wallu Wallu Marine Station for the ride out to Protection Island. Weather was inclement. Rained heavily on the trip up from Seattle to Rosario Beach, Anacortes, WA - Rock out in the Boston Whaler around 15:30. Saw several Marbled Murrelets, White-winged Scoters, Heermann's Gulls! Pigeon Guillemot Guillemots damn! Guillemots. Also many Rhinoceros Auklets. Rough water, too! At Protection Island about 17:00. Ate dinner. Saw ad. Bald Eagle at nest. Met Tom Lee, who is working on Northwest Lows. Sat with him overlooking the east spit - a very good Western Gull flew past! Tons of Glaucous-winged Gulls. Also American Goldfinches. Went to the blind on east spit of the island to set up traps and record gulls. In a turquoise blind next to the large steel tank. Beautiful views of nesting gulls. One 3-egg nest within a yard of the blind.