Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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JUL 19 1904 Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal. 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Conditions:- Overcast; west wind; temperature moderate. Draw-two Apheloecoma californica and a good many Passer domesticus as I went to the train. On the bay I saw a few Larus occidentalis. San Francisco, bal. to Sausalito, bal. 5:15 P.M. to 5:45 P.M. Conditions:- Clear and warm off San Francisco waterfront; Off Alcatraz and Angel Islands, low-fog with cold west wind. I saw a good many Larus occidentalis and Larus heermanni on the way over. Off Alcatraz there were hundreds of Uria troile, many of which flew up as the boat passed. I saw-one try vainly to cross our bows and finally have to sheer off. Off Angel Island I saw-one Phalarocorax penicillatus. JUL 20 1904 Sausalito, bal. 5:45 a.m. to 6:15 a.m. Conditions:- Bold; foggy. I saw a good many Carpodacus mexicanus about clumps of milk thistles (Silybum marianum), the seed of which they feed upon. I saw also one Pipilo fuscus and three Pipilo maculatus. Sausalito, bal. to San Francisco, bal. 7:15 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. Conditions:- Overcast; west wind; cool temperature.