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Bill Arvey
Journal
Pt. Baker, beneath Golden Gate Bridge
Marin Co., Calif.
(3)
Nov. 11, 1966
although of course one would have to know what
the sequence is and so on before you could judge.
There are several cormorants on the rock; I'll
try to get a relative number of Brandts to Pelagics.
I'm watching a Brandts Cormorant that flew up on
top of one of the higher parts of the rock where
there aren't any others and I'm watching his
movements. He's picked up a whole beakful of
grasses and lichen as if gathering nest material.
Very strange; I wonder what he's going to do with
it. He's still picking it up in his beak. Maybe
this is one of the ones that was displaying down
there, and if so he might bring it back.
One of the pairs that I mentioned as being Pelagic
that were displaying on the rock I now think are
Brandts.
I notice this fellow when he wants to go just a
short distance on the rock, he'll take alternating
short steps, but when he wants to go a little
further and higher, he makes a hop thrusting with
both legs. First he extended his neck, then he
made a hop with both legs and flapped his wing once.
Then he hopped a foot or 2. Off he flew, flying
back in, gliding. He went around to the other
side. I'll go around to see how many cormorants
are on the other side of the rock.
7:30: just returned from the other side of the