Field Notes August 10, 1989 also waited, but no plane came - too foggy. Oh well, so much the better for me, at least. There was a fair-sized flock of White-winged Crossbills feeding on firweed seeds (ca. 25 birds). Amazing - there probably weren't more than 5 spruce trees on the whole island. The majority of the island is low grass, brush. Lots of false Lily of the Valley Cactus blooming everywhere [Merianthemum dilatatum], dwarf firweed [Epilobium latifolium], Monkey Flower [Mimulus guttatus], Spreading Woodfern [Dryopteris austriaca], Hensetal, Marshy fivefinger [Potentilla palustris], Violett (Viole sp.), Siberian aster [Aster sibiricus]. Savannah Sparrows are very abundant, plus Song & Fox Sparrows. Barn & Bank Swallows zipping over the fields. Kittiwakes (Black-legged), Pelagic Cormorants nesting on the water tanks. Ad. Bald Eagle [Brian says a pair is nesting out here]. Quite a few Glaucus-winged Gulls with fledged chicks around. Brian says 40,000 Kittiwake nests, ca. 2000 GWC nests. But most everybody has already left the islands already. Just very late nesters remain. Watched about 100 Tufted Puffins zipping over the bank nests at dusk (22:30). August 11, 1989 Spent most of day preparing gulls. After dinner I went to the NWE tip of the island. Henry