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- Muir Woods Trip -
Saturday, July 11, 1914, 8:30 A.M. - 3 P.M.
Route - From Ferry Bldg. to Sausalito by Ferry;
Sausalito to Mill Valley by train; Mill
Valley to Redwood Canyon, thence thru
Muir Woods, then up Mt. Tamalpais rail-
road track, returning to Mill Valley by
"five trail" - a walk of 7-8? miles.
Number in party 18. Weather conditions;
On S.F. Bay, windy and partially cloudy-
some mist. Mist and fog encountered
on hill slopes, especially above timber
line.
Life Zones and Bird Associations.
1. Region between Mill Valley
and Sausalito. - This is a region of
tide flats and tule marsh land.
Birds observed: - (1) Brewer blackbirds, 2-3
large flocks, foraging on tule flats.
(2) Nuttall crows; 12-15, tule flats, on ground
or perched on tule-stalks. (3) Great blue
heron (1 only) on mud flats standing in
shallow water. (4) Journal gulls - several - forag-