Field Notes Doug Bell June 27, 1989 eastern side. Went to SW Bluffs to note morphotype, as well as the SE Rocky Landing. Appear to be more hybrids on SW Bluffs (grassy knoll, exposed humours of rabbits & auks), more Westerns on the Rocky landing area. Went to blind on Pebble Beach at 14:00 to collect gulls. Found female dead next to territory 18 (DAB 525), she must have been wounded yesterday and succumbed today. Then tried to shoot birds off nest 23 & 30. Had to me two shots (DAB 526-527). Then collected a single bird off a 2 egg nest up on the island proper - off the "fossil fuel storage" bin! (DAB 528). Weather has been mixed today, rain in the morning, partial clearing in the afternoon, then more rain. The sunset was calm, broken clouds. Absolutely gorgeous. Sat near the Foghorn (SW end) to watch the Rhino. Aukslets come in. Huge flocks coursing over the ocean to the NW, everywhere I looked with the binoculars, I could see Rhinoceros Auklet flying over the water. Add to this the profusion of Brandt's & Pelagic Cormorants, gulls, and the sea literally "teems" with wildlife. Well after sunset (about 21:30), the Rhino. Auklets begin to thump into the island. Many are carrying tinger-size silverfish. They disappear almost instantly into their burrows. Some flailed at their approach when they saw me, turned and flew back out to sea. The sunset was absolutely breathtaking - a constant