Bird notes, v4391
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1919. Sept.20.- Golden Gate Park. 2 Curlew (flew over). At Cliff House, W. Gulls Calif. Gulls, Heermann Gulls, Farallone Cormorants and 2 Brown Pelicans - Sept.19. was hot with E. wind and forest fires in Marin Co. Sept.20 a low fog lying along the shore and crossed the bay opp. The gate as far as Berkeley. Fog cleared in park during morning. Birds were very abundant, esp. Song Sp. Warbler, Nuttall Sp., Yellow thro., Chickadees, Nutatches & Duskl. Near Stow Lake men were spreading manure over an open space. On the ground near the edge of field was a Blue bird in very Thrush-like pose, clear, light grayish blue above, pale cinnamon on under parts. At the Cliff House the tide was low. The rocks (Seal) are white with guanos and were covered with hundreds of Far. Corms. and a few gulls. Two very large birds with long bills I took to be Brown Pel; they circled about the top of the highest rock, and finally seemed to alight on the ocean tide; later they flew to the south low over the water and keeping very close together. At times they flapped their long wings slowly. Later two other