Field Notes Doug Bell July 19, 1989 Maren counted 15 Bald Eagles at the mouth of the Oyster River today. I went back to the mouth after collecting the other gulls to search for the one wounded gull. Could not find, in spite of the extensive exposed bars at low tide. An eagle probably caught & ate it. Tonight we walked the beach along the farm from the mouth of the Oyster River north. Saw one loon, and several nighthawks coursed around us at ground level. They were almost bat-like at such a low height. Odd. Also scared up a killdeer. July 20, 1989 Finished stripping gulls at the house. Several Glaucous-winged gulls came by to investigate. I even tossed some gull meat on the roof of the neighboring house, which was gobbled up by them, although one of the gulls did not seem to like the taste. In the afternoon we drove on to Port Hardy. Met Tex & Sannie Lyon at their home on Beaver Harbor in the evening. They invited us to stay, in spite of having guests just leave. Rain off and on. July 21, 1989 I contacted the (O. [illegible] Loyd) Sunquist at Port Hardy (H: 949-6272, hm: 949-6306). Nice fellow, youngish. He made some suggestions for getting out to collect off colonies. Unfortunately, he had a boat lost week, and had been zipping around with the CalF Peregrine people, taking eyeflets for the reintroduction program down there.