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Field Notes
D. A. Bell
May 24, 1990
with Bull & Talum after it had risen above Tatoosh I.
The eagle headed off in direction of Foca Pillar on Cape Flattery. As soon as the murre were off the colony,
a crow came in to investigate. No egys yet. Rained
tonight, so no Petrel landing.
May 25, 1990
Went into my blind set up in the draw between
the main island of Tatoosh and Strawberry Island,
west of Tatoosh. Strawberry can be reached at low
tide, through the intertidal and draws between the two
islands. My tents are set up overlooking a colony
situated on a couple soundish, rocky humngs
in the draw between both islands. Bulls are on
territories consisting either entirely of smooth rock, or
some rock/low grass patches, and some driftwood/
rock patches. The "best" territories are on grass/
soil patches. I almost want to say that the gulls
on this colony are a but more "integrate" than those
on the Tatoosh beach, but this probably isn't
really the case. Spent most of day categorizing pairs
of gulls from the blind #2. Ad. Bald Eagle
came by at least once, disturbing the gulls & mures.
Id' another 30 pairs from the blind. In late afternoon
(15:00-16:00) I went back to blind no#1, and
with the new "old" shotgun (side-by-side Ithaca
arms-pre-WWII) collected 4 gulls - 2 pair - on
one shot DAB 703-706. While I was preparing
4 birds/shot