Field notes, v492
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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