Field Notes Doug Bell June 7, 1989 On bars. Pine Island is as small as ever. Gulls are really crammed in. Dead & Harbor Seal at High Water line, pup of hers (did she die in birth?) is trying to make it to water, but it looks weak. Set up blind, noted gull types until the boat came to pick me up at 12:30. On way back to South Bend we circled a navigation pilings where a pair of Barn Owls were nesting. In the evening I went for a walk over fields & along sloughs on north estuary of Willapa Bay. Numerous crows, 2 Bald Eagles, couple Ravens, Yellowthroats, Barn & Tree swallows, Swainson's Thrush, Am. Goldfinches, Mallards (2 80s scared up out of a slough). June 8, 1989 Met the Oysterman at Coast Oyster Dock. Craig took me out to Pine Island, Willapa Bay, Pacific Co., Washington. I'll spend the night here. Arrived & set up by 10:30. 2 Bald Eagles (ad & s.ad) on sand bars - I think they were feeding on some of the dead Harbor Seal pups here. Stayed in blind. Heard an occasional Ring-billed Gull & laragon Lesser fly by. Observed gulls from blind until 17:00. Figured out mates for approx. 50 pair, then went out and weighed & counted eggs. This took longer than expected. Finished