Bird notes, v4397
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1938. Oct. 1. We drove to Boulder Creek via Dunn- Barlin Bridge. As we drove along I could hear White-crowned Sparrows singing in many fields. When we came to the bay we could see about 1000 White Pelicans toward the south where they always congregate. Some were on the dikes, and some on the water. There were several Tule Herons near them and a number of Paintail Ducks. On the middle salt pools on our right (N.) were great numbers of Gulls resting. There were some Bonapartes but most of them were Caleg. or Ring bills. I think there were as many as 2000, many with their heads under their wings. In the last pool there were many Eared Grebes (100+) and a number of Pintails. At the very end I saw a group of 6 N. Philomachus. There were occasional Willets and a few Least Sandpipers in different places. At Hut View Marsh the tide was too far out for the best results but I saw near the highway a number of Rb. Clover and Kildeer, 7 Long-billed Curlew and as many Hudsonian, many Willets; one Lesser Yellowlegs which was very close to a Willet and decidedly smaller than the Willett (J.T.A.). Sixteen Dowitchers were bunched together with their heads under their wings; one Avocet was seen.