Field Notes August 14, 1989 needles, and appear dead. Anyway, saw divers & occasional gulls along the river. All gulls appeared to be good GW Gulls. Arrived at Homer around 20:00. Went straight to Lanks end at the end of the spit. Saw fair numbers of Kittiwakes & GW Gulls feeding at the fish docks. Off to the S of the spit - an island was visible with a "million" white dots flying about it. That's the place I need to go! Went back to Homer, but boats all looked, and too expensive (48-70.". Drove N on HGW 1 to Anchor Point (18 mi), stayed at the lodge there (30.00). Black-billed Magpies ! August 15, 1989 Got the brilliant idea to stop in at the Alaska Maritime Natl. Wildlife Refuge Hdqts. in Homer. Met Kathy Kuletz (USFWS out of Anchorage) & Debbie Carr (Volunteer), who agreed to take me out, weather permitting, on a survey run for murletts tomorrow. They've been involved in a murlellt study on Kachemak Bay all summer, funded by Exxon because of the spill. In the afternoon I went down to the docks to meet Dave Nysewander (Refuge Mgr), who was coming in on a 25' whaler (Pioneer Model) from the Barren Islands. Nice fellow, very interested in my work. He said they couldn't stay out on the Barrens because of small craft warnings. The Whaler, called the "Sandlance", has Twin 140 HP Johnson's. Damn - big motors !! Spent the evening