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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