Myrton 1948 Field Notes Holkham Bay, Alaska 14 Aug From my skiff as I look shoreward in a northerly direc- tion toward the flats just west of Duck Creek. Hundreds of Herring gulls moving about in the water as far out as fifty feet off shore. They are not feeding - just dab- bling. Kelp beds more are standing on the beach which is working more than a vast fucus bed extending from a thousand to 3000 feet wide. A flock of about 400 Canada Geese were moving slowly about in the grassy zone of the beach above the fucus beds - some of the geese were in the fucus beds. As I landed on the east shore they flew west, setting up a honking chorus as they flew about soft altitude. I can still hear them honking perhaps two miles down the beach.