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Bill Arvey Journal
Marin Co.,Bellevista.
(3)
Nov.6,1966
to be blowing straight at me,ie. north; can't see
S.F. anymore; whitecaps on the Bay and conditions
may get too bad.
8:30: another count: In--9; out--9.
A general observation I would make about cormorant
movements now is that in the morning the cormorants
tend to leave the roost to feed at probably the same
time and for this reason form huge flocks. I've
seen this on the way out to the Farallones and
todayand in other places. But later in the day
as they're coming in or going back out to feed for
a second time, the flocks aren't so uniform, not so
big, not so often. Probably this is why we get
patchy observation times where I see very many
goin[illegible] at one time o[illegible] out; so I see large flocks
because it's early in the morning and they're on
their way to their first feeding period.
I noticed last time and now also that many of the
cormorants are missing secondaries and are possibly
molting at this time. Have to verify this on the
skin collection.
8:57: about 100 yds. on the Bay side of the big rock
here are a flock down in the water, appear to be
upwards of 20 in a loose flock of Western Grebes.
8:58: an observation: In--5; Out--3.
Noticed a 2nd year Glaucous-winged Gull here.
In Sausalito parked in a small outlook looking at