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P. DeBenedictis
1964
10 Jan
Vallejo to Golden Gate Bridge, Calif.
left Vallejo at 11 sharp as the schedule demanded
around the Golden Bear for the Galapagos
with the rest of the expedition. It was a clear,
but breezy, cold day. The bay very flat. Not
much apparent around the California
Maritime Academy, who were the Golden Bear;
only a few West Grebs and Western Grebes.
We went out through the Carriers Sts
and then out to W side of San Francisco
Bay just E of Angel Is. At the level
of San Pablo Bar ( off Hwy 47 ) there was
a large raft of duck, mostly lesser Scaup,
with some Scoters, Western Grebe & 2 Red
Th. Teal, about 35-50 Hens Gulls followed
the boat, with 1 2nd year Ring Bill. About 11:30
at lunch and came out, to find that
almost all the gulls following the boat were
Westerns, with a few Glaucous-wing, Casp &
Blue. No many duck, mostly Surf and
White-wing Scoters. A remarkable # of Loons,
1 Red-thr, 1 Arctic, 2 Common, 15-25 murrelets,
Also about 25 Western Grebe, [illegible] Bonaparte
Gulls, and during the first half I saw a
small Alcic, probably an Ancient Murrelet.
Out through the gate almost nothing to be
seen through the Golden Gate but with the
Western Gull there were about 15 Fulmars,