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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