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Beverdits, P.
1964
July 12 Bay Bridge Toll Plaza, Oakland Alameda Co., Calif.
went out - 3 PM to a 5.6 Hija (3:50)
to see what was in. Peep first seen last weekend.
Stopped at the crescent and at the gun club,
and scanned the salicoria with a spotting scope.
Windy so that most birds sat in protected spots.
Saw:
600+ 50 Western Sandpipers - 350+ 50 at
crescent, remainder at Gun Club. All
appeared to be in breeding plumage.
11 Dowtleties - all feeding plumage
+ sounded like short-billed. "tu tu":
25 Willels
6 long billed Aucler
1 Black-bellied Plover - non-breeding
plumage
10 Killders
150+ (134+ at gun club) Forsters Terns,
10-26 mins with down backs,
est 80% non breeding plumage
or allbeaced juvenile plumag
15 Caspian Terns - 10 2 young
150 Gulls - c. 20 Calif or 10- Ruiz.
bills; rest
about evenly divided as
west Westerns
to age class,
land birds: House Finch, Song Sparrow, Morning
Dove, and hoggerhead Shrike. Spent only c. 1/2
hours here.