Field Notes Doug Bell June 16, 1988 Coast Guard housing, but still out in the water, is a gull nest. First saw a very Glaucus-winged Gull type sitting on it. When I came back to this area an hour later, a Western type was on the nest, and the GWG-type was standing nearby. The bird on the nest was the ?. It looked pretty good for Western Gull, the ?'s type were about 1 shade lighter than a pure Western; its irides were darkish and through the scope it seemed to have yellowish eyeing. The ? GWG-type made many short flights from the tower to first forage, then bathe in surrounding areas. She foraged quite close to the tower. Even came in to my head (was going to try to trap her). Very many gulls here - they don't just come in for bread if one stands too close. She, and several sub-adults, didn't come in until I left the beach. The ? has primaries that, when she's sitting in shade, look 3 times darker than her mantle, but in light, or flying, they look only 1 or maybe 2 shades darker. Her eyeing looks deep purple. Lides are clear light slate. Her back is light. In fact, she's probably very similar to the bird I caught. Also saw another GWG type flying about this area - large male / rotty wings.