Field Notes Doug Bell June 20, 1988 I usually camp. I don't know if it's such a good idea to have brought the boat this far around the eastern side of the island. Only time will tell. The wind picked up this afternoon, when I left the harbor few white caps were around, but as I was out near East Sand they increased with the wind which made rowing hard. Finally had camp set up by 18:00. The weather has changed from sunny to overcast. On my way around the hard banks saw 3 widgeon and large nos. (20) of Canada Geese. My immediate impression is that there are more Glaucous-winged Gulls around on the middle-eastern portion of the island. 19:51 Flock of 23 Black Brant landed at sand bar just west of my camp. Double-crested Cormorants, 1 Brown Pelican flying about. Total gull count for sweep with scope across Mid section of northern bank of island from camp west to approx. NW end. This includes all visible gulls in territories, and does not include another 240 or so subadults + bathing adults resting on the beach: 464 gulls (WG+GWG+HYB). Also - large rafts of Double-crested Cormorants resting on the beaches and sandy billows of the western end of East Sand Island. The gull nesting habitat varies from low grassy/driftwood to high Grass clump/sandy billows as on the northern shore from about mid island (pier jillings & my camp) to the western end. When I moved a bit further out from behind the trees to view the driftwood/bush habitat of the area to the SW