Field notes, v504
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Below Vista Pt., Marin Co., Calif. Bill Orvey Journal (7) Nov.4,1966 also be moving out. In: 2; Out: 11. On that rock now I can see one Pelagic Cormorant for sure; the rest, maybe 8 or 9, Brandts. A Brandts just dove right offshore here. They have a different type of dive when they're in close and not going to go deep; they just sort of push forward, instead of arching high out of the water and then straight down, they leave the surface on a shallow angle. There are some Bonaparte's Gulls out in front of this big rock; also A couple of Arctic Loons. The Bonaparte's Gulls seem to be following the Loons. They fly up off the water and then flew tbewhere the loons are when they come up. I've seen this 2 or 3 times now. The fog is rolling in now, seems to be coming in eight through the Gate. I can see it over the Golden Gate Bridge. It's not too thick but it's noticeable. A Black Phoebe just flew down to the pebbles near the shore then back up into the bushes. What is possibly a 1st year Pelagic hopped out of the water onto this smaller first rock here--there are 3 rocks, starting from me to the biggest one, there's a very small one that sticks out of the water about 4 ft., another medium sized one about 20 ft. high; then there's a giant one behind that