Field Notes Doug Bell June 24, 1989 rabbits. But, aside from these areas, the rest of this flat, table-top like island is overgrown in thick Salmon berry & brush. The entire Northern half of the island cannot be reached from above due to this vegetation. Indeed, the same applies for the E & SW tip. It might be possible to scramble over the shore to the N end. On the W shore, mid-level, a path leads to the cliff-edge, and from here one can get down to the beach. It's possible to walk from here to the SW end and scramble back up to the forghorn on top. I did a quick survey. Counted 20 gulls on the grassy, sandy cliffs from the W Beach->N, 206 along from the cliffs from the W Beach to the forghorn, and 86 gulls on the series of 3 hilltops leading down to the sea from the forghorn. At this SE. and a series of low rocks, barely larger than the series of reefs, spread just out to the SW and parallels the hilltops. Here I counted 216 Brandt's Cormorants, on nests, and about 2x that number of Common Murre, also nesting. My immediate impression of Destruction I. is that it is the mirror-image of Tatoosh I., with Western & Western-Gull types being the majority. Off of other birds seen: flock of about 35 American crows, Song Sparrows, Winter Wrens, Swainson Thrasher (a veritable population!); the latter 3 all singing, oh, and Fox Sparrows. Pigeon Guillemots, Small flock Slant-billed Doves.