Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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Euphagus cyanoccephalus. A few. Alameda, Cal. to San Francisco, Cal. 11:30 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. Conditions: - clear; warm; strong west wind. I saw a large flock of gulls on the north side of Oakland Creek. On the bay I saw a few Larus heermanni and Larus occidentalis. Millbrae, San Mateo Co., Cal. 2:45 P.M. Conditions: - sun shining; warm; strong west wind; fog rolling in over the mountains from the ocean. I saw a flock of about a dozen Euphagus cyanoccephalus rise up from a meadow along side the track. San Francisco, Cal. to Alameda, Cal. 4:45 P.M. to 5:05 P.M. Conditions: - clear; strong west wind; tide about high; warm. I saw a few Larus occidentalis and a few Larus heer- manni on the trip across. From home to about two miles across Bay Farm Island and return. 6:00 P.M. to 7:15 P.M. Conditions: - clear; strong west wind; moderate temper- ate. Tide well up. I saw a few barpodaeus mexicanus and a few Passer domesticus along the road. Melopeza cinerea was abun- dant. The fact that the tide was high prevented this bird from getting down into the marsh and down along the