Field Notes May 24, 1989 - cont. sleep in tent at 05:00. Got up at 10:00 D. Arranged camp, checked boat. Intermittent rain. Set up blind in central colony. Out in mud flats saw 9 Great Scup in water; 8 ad. Canada Geese (large) + 3 sets of chicks: 9+9+11. all about 2 weeks old. 6 Snow Geese. One imm. Bald Eagle (2½ years old). The Cormorant colony at w. end of island is active, several groups of Double-crested Cormorants going by. 13:00 - 19:00 : Watching nests & recording morphotype frequencies from blinds. Observed a forced copulation between 2 H/2 W6. 19:00 - 21:00 - Surveying middle, east portion of island. This is the area where dredge spills were layered many years ago. Just off the dredge spills the area has become quite overgrown with brushy willows. Nutria sign all over. Yellow-brown banana slips with every step - zillions of 'em. Seem to be fewer barn swallows this year. Saw one pair of tree swallows. Song sparrows most common landbird. Scared up one White-crowned Sparrow. Single pair of Gadwall off the south side of island. Only an occasional Lapwing Tern. Small flocks of imm. Ring-billed Gulls.