Field Notes Doug Bell June 19, 1988 the dunes of Tillamook Spit OR Black-capped Chickadee (2ad. males singing), American Goldfinch, Northern Flicker. large rafts of Ring-billed Gulls resting on the mud flats (40-50 birds). Shot at one gull with 410 #6 ammo - but did not drop it - did hit it though. There's are simply too many people out here today for safe collecting. What a damn shame. Saw another couple Glaucous- winged Gulls up near Cannon Beach, OR. Arrived Astoria around 20:00. Drove on to the Youth Hostel at Fort Columbia; Phil Owen, the Texan, is still there from last year. He offered to let me stay for free tonight. PS - 2 sub ad. Herring Gulls seen at Tillamook Spit. June 20, 1988 Was down at Chinook Harbor by 08:45. No sign of Glenn Eager yet. He came in around 9:30. The lady at the Marine Supply place remembered me right off. Anyway, Glenn agreed to let me take the shift out to East Sand Island until Thursday. His helper, Dan, is on vacation. I got everything loaded up and departed around 11:30, maybe 12:00. Low tide was at 11:23, so I did not get far; as soon as I left the channel I stalled the outboard when it ran into a sandbar. Tried restarting it, but that only made matters worse, I think. The starter cord is nearly out of the motor! Resorted to rowing, then pulling the boat around the sand banks. It took about 2 hours to get the boat over to the pilings - area where