Field Notes and night at the Fish & Wildlife's bunkhouse in Homer. August 16, 1989 beautiful morning + sunrise. Some clouds, but also clear & calm. Went with Debbie to another 25' Whaler (twin 120 HP Johnson), met Kathy at 06:30 at the dock. We went out & ran transect along a couple narrow S.W of Homer, hunting Marbled Murrelets & Kittitz's Murrelets. Saw more of the latter, but many of the former. Most were still very mottled, but some were getting into winter plumage. Juveniles confused matters, too. It turns out, the island S of Homer spot has about 5000 Black-legged Kittiwake nest on it, it is called Drill Island. We did not go near it today, rather, after the transect ~~ we headed back to 40 Foot rock, passing along some tree islands for forming the SW entrance to Kachemak Bay. Amazing Birdlife - 2 Parasitic ~~~~ Jaegers, several dark, swallow-like Fork-tailed Storm Petrels (in broad daylight), & large rafts of Short-tailed + Sooty Shearwater, as well as Tufted Puffins, Common Murres, Rhinoceros aulets, Black-legged Kittiwakes & Marbled Murrelets. When we got to 60 Ft. Rock, we cruised it twice. Saw about 20 nearly-fledged GW Guil chicks, & several more such chicks already on the water. Also mostly Tufted Puffins, Common Murres, and a majority of Kittiwakes