Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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14 JUL - 1 1904 Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal. Time :- 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. Conditions :- Overcast; windy; temperature mild. As I walked down the street this morning, I saw and heard a great many Passer domesticus. As the train went along the seawall, I saw the usual number of Nycticorax nycticorax and Larus occiden- talis. In the vegetable garden, I saw a few Euphagus cyanoccephalus; along the marsh a few Melospiza cin- erea. On the sand along the mole there were a great many Larus occidentalis. I saw one Larus hermanni, the first I have seen on the sand. I saw one Ardea herodias. Off Goat Island there were quite a few Larus hermanni and Larus occidentalis in flight, the former predominating. I saw only two gulls on the water, it being somewhat rough. They were both Larus oc- cidentalis. JUL - 2 1904 Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal. Time :- 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. Weather :- Very overcast; thin fog; windy; moderate temperature. I saw the usual number of Passer domesticus as I walked to the train. They were in the streets and all over. Opposite the station, in an oak tree I saw an Aphelocoma californica busy wiping his beak on a branch. Off the seawall I saw a few Nyctio-