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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