Field Notes August 4, 1989 eagles made it look easy. There is a large colony of Glaucons-marged Gulls on St. James Island. They are nesting on the steep cliffs and grassy slopes, as well as broken rocks on the W, S + SE side. After tea & a manana bar, we said goodbye and went down to the boat. Saw fledged song sparrow. We motored over to the SE slope of St. James Island, and I collected 9 gulls, getting 2 in the air with 1 shot. Very weird, because I didn't see 2 in my line of fire, and each gull fell on either side of the boat? [DAB 619-627]. We then went thru the flowing narrow between St. James I. and Kerouard I., and headed up the west coast of Knight I. Good swell, and fair winds contributed to a pounding ride. loads of seabirds. Good Peregrine cliffs on all the islands, St. James SW slopes, Kerouard SW slopes. A couple good cliffs on Knight I. at I think Barber Pt. and the N. end of Gilbert Bay., possibly Bowles Pt. too. Saw several groups of Sooty Shearwaters, and large flocks or groups (20-30) of Rhinocerous Albatrols, [illegible] Guillemots, Trafied Puffins, and G&W. Gulls. Ancient Murrelts & Lessius Albatrols seem to be more scattered, as individual birds or in pairs. Off the Gordon Island, we saw 4 Killer Whales, 13, 2? & 1 mini. slowly heading SW around Bowles Pt. Back at Rose Harbor we had a late lunch 17:00. Then Dave & I left for Burnaby