Field notes, v504
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Below Vista Pt., Marin Co., Calif. Bill Arney, Journal (4) Nov. 4, 1966 It's 2:58 and I just took a walk out to the point; It's called the Lime Point, a Coast Guard station. It looks like it's unmanned, but there are some people fishing off the point. Had to cross a chain-link fence to get out there. 3:00: another 5-min. count: Out--19; In--1. The current still seems to be moving in the Bay, but not quite as fast as it was at about 2:00. This means in relation to the tide schedule, I'm not sure, but I 'm sure the tide was moving in before at least when the water was moving in the Gate so rapidly. Cormorants[seem to]always bring things to the surface before they eat them; I watched one do that today. I'll time the cormorants' dives; there's a group close to the rock that I can watch fairly efficiently, ly, I think. There's a good character about the head shape that I mentioned before. I think it'll work between the Brandts and the Pelagic. I'm watching one on the surface which appears to be a Brandts, facing S.F., looking out towards the Gate, around, dove. He's right at the edge of the calm and the more rough water it seems like. Maybe it's an eddy from the side of the rock here. We'll see where he comes up. He dove towards the interior of the Bay, facing towards Berkeley. Possibly he'll be