Field Notes Doug Bell April 13, 1989 With Bob Jones at Moss Landing Wildlife Area, near mouth of Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Co., Calif. We arrived at parking lot for the Cal. Fish & Game Wildlife Area just east of 101 and north of the former salt ponds. We hiked out along north end of slough into the mud flats. Fair numbers of willets, godwits, least sandpipers, mallards, in the slough area, Red-winged Blackbirds. Several Blue-winged Teal. We walked out into the mud flat via the levee, to the break. About 30 Harle Ducks resting on mud flat. Several pairs of gulls on slough islands - appears to be on territory, as well as about 30 gulls loafing on the levee. We tried walking out into flats, but mud too soft. Since we couldn't proceed farther, we went back to the parking lot. Then drove out to this levee just east of Elkhorn Slough bridge. Walked out the levee. Crane repairing levee in sloughs. Probably not more than 12 pair of gulls scattered about the flats. We walked out the levee, where I then shot four gulls. DAB 437 - 440: 5 shots / 4 gulls.