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Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley.
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C.C. Aldrich
1937
at the bases of cliffs as found elsewhere yesterday.
Both yesterday and today I noted the reaction of healthy gulls to a captured and silly one. When we would chase down a maimed gull others would fly round low over head giving raucous calls. Frequently another bird (gull) was seen following along with an silly gull.
Weather for today was extremely wet. It poured the entire day and was accompanied by winds from the west.
The following is a list of dead or dying birds from Bolinas Spit.
Bolinas Spit
Western Grebe - 31
Red-throated Loon - 7
Ruddy Duck - 2
Calif. Murre - 11
Surf Scoter - 4
Pacific Loan - 1
Eared Grebe - 1
Murrelet (species?) - 1
Glaucous-winged Gull - 1