Field Notes Doug Bell July 11, 1988 Met Ted Miller at Royal Provincial Museum. Very nice, enthusiastic. He invited us to stay overnight, and take us on a hike after scale today. We pretty much spent the day in Victoria, at the museum. I checked out the gall collection. Ted Miller gave me a couple more contact people: Alan Burger - Bamfield Marine Station 8-728-3301 Kees Vermeer - CWS 9-356-6537 Marilyn Lambert - Swifftsure Tours 477-5922 This evening Ted took us & Frances (a friend) up to Finlayson Mountain, NW of Victoria. We hiked up 340 m to the top of this rock. Great forest around it: hemlock, cedar, fir, etc. Large oaks too. Top was rather dry. Robins, finches, and a ? Ruffed Grouse & brood of 2 old chicks. We got very close to her, quite tame. I also asked Ted what accipiter nest around and he said Cooper's Hawks are most common. Last year a pair even nested on the museum grounds. July 12, 1988 We invited Ted Miller out to breakfast, since he was so kind to put us up for the night and take us out to a Steak Restaurant for dinner (Domestic Wine - $13.00 per bottle x 2 bottles!). We then went downtown, drove to the museum, bought stamps, tried to find a detailed map of Queen Charlottes, etc. Left Victoria about 11:30, headed to Bamfield (Barkley Sound)