Field Notes Doug Bell June 20, 1988 of the pines trees/camp area - about 200 gulls took off- leaving nearly as many on the ground. A cursory sweep of a small area for morphotypes revealed 94:18:14 WG:HY:GWG. A Longsparrow is singing merrily in the tree next to me. Curipian Terns rasping their complaints, and squeeking Starlings. Also just heard a Long Sparrow. Brown Swallows too, as well as a Brown-headed Cowbird. A closer count of birds closely [illegible] gave 43:14:9 WG:HY:GWG. It was light until 21:30. Amazing. The clouds/fog moved in- it looks like it might rain. As darkness fell I saw a flock of about 60 Brown Pelicans. Forgot to mention - I took 2 walk-in traps out to the beach area on south side. Of 3 nests found in the immediate vicinity are had 2 eggs, another 3 eggs, and one [illegible] chick, 2 eggs. One of these pairs may be GWG's. Nests are in beach sand, shifted over. I walked the south shore eastward to about 1/4 away to the higher landfill level. Not many gulls. Indeed, the lower landfill level from the pines eastward is very thickly overgrown - lots of lupine, thistles. Only thing living there are the nutria- their trails & signs are everywhere. June 21, 1988 On East Sand Island, south of Columbia River, Clatsop Co., OR. Thought it rained last night- but it is clear & sunny, even hot this morning. Song Sparrow woke me with singing - has a repertoire of