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E.C. Aldrich
1937
Sausalito to Bolinas Bay, Marine Co., Cal.
March 21, 1937
Leaving for an early start at 5:30
A.M. was of no avail for us
because we spent until 10:30
getting the truck out of the mud
at Stinson Beach. Here in the
midst of the cold pouring rain
early this morning a & Allen Humm-
ingbird was seen doing its
pendulum arcs and 2 hours dives
over a leafless tree; no sign
of any ? was present. From there
we went around the end of the
bay to the town of Bolinas
and there inquired at the Coast
Guard Station concerning the oil
situation. The Captain said that
the oil arrived there the day after
the wreck and affected all the
birds considerably. This is conceivable
because I always have regarded
Bolinas Bay as a haven for
water fowl. He said that yesterday
some of the men went along
the beach and killed about 300
birds. They did this because the
people there had sent in so