FIELD NOTES DONG BELL March 7, 1988 Mr. John Alexander; and the manger, boss of the Abalone Farm is Mr. Frank Oats. Mr. Oats gave me the OK to shoot gulls. His address is: The Abalone Farm, INC., P.O. Box 136, Cayucos, CA 93430 (805) 995-2495. I drove back to Mono Rock, got my stuff ready for gull collecting, then watched the southwest end of the rock for Peregrines. None seen - but lots of nice plothole. Canyon Wrens singing on the rock. Quite a few Ring-billed Gulls about. Common Loons - in nearly spring plumage on the bay. At 4:00 pm I went to the dump to collect, but the gulls left as I arrived. It turns out the dump has to cover the garbage each day, so this discourages the gulls. I then drove to the Abalone Farm. Nice place - a dark-tipped Po Glaucus-awinged Gull/hybrid hung around the rocks of the point. I chummed it in with bread, but didn't shoot it. It has dark irises, pinkish eye-ring. A Western Gull came in off the ocean when it saw me chumming, I shot at it but missed. The hybrid gull chased all gulls away from its area near the abalone farm waste - sight site. A sea otter was busy feeding beyond the surf. There were not that many gulls out here. A few individuals sitting way out on the ocean. A couple small flocks of migrant gulls-