Field Notes Doug Bell July 22, 1988 Awoke to the raucous calls of crow - persistent buggers! at the ferry by 10:10. The ferry (Queen of Prince Rupert) finally got underway at 11:30. Only one GWG visible in harbor. One Bald Eagle. Song Sparrow at Terminal, singing. We passed two islets on way out of the sound which had small numbers of GWG's nesting (15 pair or one, perhaps 25-30 on the next). Some Common Murres. More Bald Eagles. No more birds for quite awhile while passing through Queen Charlotte Strait. Then began seeing some Common Murres - either individually or in groups of up to 20. Fulmars & Fork-tailed Storm Petrels appeared next - the fulmars were heavy, dumpy looking as they lumbered off the water and flew low over the waves. A few Pigeon Guillemots around, some Ancient Murrelets. No gulls until we entered Skidegate Channel. A small islet to the NE of Sand spit had maybe 20 gulls on it, and a couple of the islands on the opposite side of the channel from Skidegate also had about 30 gulls nesting. Mac Bald Eagles - adult on the rocks of a large tree island near Skidegate. Upon landing at Skidegate we drove north on the only paved highway of Graham Island. Passed another Bald Eagle sitting in a tree. Heavy rain. The highway up the eastern coast passes low along the beach, much sand, medium-sized conifers stretching out