Field Notes Doug Bell August 12, 1984 and Murre were coming, Rhino Auillets were going. Wandering Tattlers were common on the beach. August 13, 1984 The word is a Twin-engine Grumman Goose (seaplane) will come in and pick us up today. First time the clouds have lifted off the island in 4 days. I drove down to the NE end to see about collecting a couple of CWC's. Passed Lapland Longspurs in large flocks on the runway. At NE Marsh, I shot one griff that looked ?, but it was ?. Gave up, even left him there in the crush, not wanting to mess with anymore specimens before the flight out. Decided to try for a Common Snipe. Had only 6 shells with me. Fired 5 shots at snipe I scared up, but didn't hit a one. While snipe hunting a Sandhill Crane came in out the sky, calling a staccato cry, circled, and moved along the island. I hurried back to the FAA compound and got my gear together. Brian, Sara and I got everything squared away and went to the runway. About 13:00 we heard the drone of the plane, and the Goose came down from about 6000 ft thru a hole in the high clouds to the SE of Middleton. In no time he was on the runway. A beautiful old plane - built ca. 1943. Tom Blue, a straight-talking fellow, old pilot, greeted us. We proceeded to load way over 600 lbs of gear onto the plane.