Field Notes Doug Bell May 26, 1989 05:15 - Up to check on boat. The 8.0 tide floated it. I moved it to a deeper mooring so the lesser tides will float it. Went back into the tent at 0600. Wet & rainy, cold. Imm. Bald Eagle flew by. 0930 - Up late !? Rainy all morning. Loons heard calling. Saw couple Common Loons. Went out to tent #1. Watched nest 15. Finally saw both of pair at 12:00. Both hybrid gulls ! Also saw a pair of GW's courting. 13:00 - 20:30 In tent Location 2, checking gulls. Rained the whole time - sopping wet. Took down blind # in rain. Wind 20 knots. Nearly blew the blind apart. May 27, 1989 Up at 06:30 to check on boat - it floated on a 7.4 tide ! whoo. Rained hard all night. Clearing this morning. Double rainbow over Fort Canby & Lighthouse. Quite beautiful. Had dry breakfast, 09:00 - 14:00 checked gulls in blind 2 area - also greasy, rocky & driftwood habitat. So far, the 2 blinds have been in the greasy, rocky middle portion of East Sand Island west of the thinnest part of the center island area. 15:00-17:00 Survey east end of island. Counted 46 Mallards, 33 Canada Geese ( + 4 broods ), 2 indigern on marshy flats at NE end. In beach-shelf area (sand, driftwood , long beach grass habitat) counted 356 gulls. An area of dredge spills - the level table at east end