Field notes 14 Aug. One wading bird (crane or heron 3ft tall) is wading at the waters edge by himself wit of where the gull flock is. Two Bald Eagles are perched atop large boulders in the intertidal zone, tops of which are in zone 1. They are preening their feathers in the warm sun. A flock of about 25 Mallards flew west ward out of the creek mouth. An occasional squirrel will trill in the tree. Also an occasional Steller Jay will give his clam or chattered call. A flock of about ten Crows are con- stantly vocing their jargok in the tops of the conifers near the point east side Duck Creek. Short billed gulls can be heard screaming over toward the west shore. A continual chorus of cries of Bonaparte gulls & ducks comes from the