FIELD NOTES Doug Bell July 6, 1987 On Protection Island, Washington. Went out to the East Spit to attempt trapping. Had set the traps out on 2 nests last night. Birds went in quickly. In the blind at about 08:45 today caught a female off the first set (3 egg) - DAB 223. Then caught a male off second set (1 chick, 1 hatchy egg, 1 egg) - DAB 224. Took chick (DAB 225). Then caught the female - mate to (DAB 224). Also did some recording of birds. Could not get the male from the first set, so I left at about 12:00 hrs. As I was leaving I saw what looked like a Good Western Gull about 70 yds due east of the blind. This would be the 2nd western-like gull I've seen. Then, about 110 yds due SE of the blind I saw another western-like 8', paired with a possible hybrid. Finally, as I was walking down the road back to the boat basin I caught a glimpse of a Western-like bird in mantle, p-tip, and break color, yet it had dark iris and a pink eye ring! Went back to camp - did the specimens. Caught a nest view of the two bald eagle chicks in the nest - small dark heads, short silvery cere & dark bills! Towards evening I came back to the blind and caught the remaining male - the mate to DAB 223. This male is DAB 227. July 7, 1987 In the blind at 08:45 on east spit. By 12:30 I had caught another pair of Glaucous-margined Gulls off a 3-egg clutch (DAB 228-229). Also recorded gull voices, and made recordings of Pigeon guillemots, oyster-catchers, and a Northwest Crow. In the evening Joe Caluher took me over to his study-site up on the southern bluffs in a cub-de-sac. Gorgeous birds - many with darker primary tips - although Joe doesn't think there is any difference in primary tip color frequencies between the bluff and its spit colonies. Saw 2 gulls with literally black primary