Field notes, v504
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(1) (from tape) November 6, 1966. 7:25 a.m. at Ft. Baker opposite the rock where I related the last commentary. I'm out here to see what the cormorant activity is in the morning. Haven't started looking yet; I see cormorants and [other]things out on the water. Very windy, not very cold, but it's rainy, actively raining. I can see across^the channel to San Francisco, so it's clear enough so that I should get some observations. A 5-minute count at 7:35 (in the same manner as on the last trip): Cormorants moving into the Bay--55; moving out of the Bay--5. As I was making that last count I saw 5 cormorants (below Vista Pt.) leave the area of this rock; I'm pretty sure they came off this rock. They flew about a quarter of the way out into the channel, then plopped down in sort of a loose group. Then I think 3 of them got up and left and may have accounted for 3 of the ones that went out as I counted. There seems to be [a]lot of activity this morning, much more than the other afternoon when I was here and it was better weather then, especially^more movements in the Bay from outside the Gate. When I arrived there were approximately 4 cormorants visable on the rock, now 1 or 2 visable. Most must be off fishing. 7:45--a huge scene of approximately 60 cormorants entering the Bay, but I didn't see them pass the