Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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46. Alameda to San Francisco, bal. Conditions: - 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. Clear; warm; light breeze. Saw a few Barpodacus mexicanus in a pear tree in the yard; before I left for the train. Of course I saw a good many Passer domesticus all through town. Along the seawall I saw a few gulls and a few large shore birds. In the marsh and on the mud left bare in the slough near the roundhouse there were a good many curlews. Along the mole I saw sandpipers, two or three hundred gulls, and two Ardea herodias which flew as the train passed. On the bay I saw a few Larus occidentalis and Larus californicus. San Francisco to Alameda, bal. Conditions: - 5:15 P.M. to 6:15 P.M. Clear; excessively warm; light westerly wind. I saw a few Larus occidentalis, Larus californicus, and Larus heermanni on the trip to the mole. I also saw one Uria troile. At the roundhouse there were about forty gulls, and on the marsh nearby a flock of curlews. (?) After I got home I saw a good many Passer domesticus; two humming-birds and an Aphelocoma california. This last was pecking vigorously at a pear up in a tree. July 30, 1904. Alameda, bal. to San Francisco, bal. Conditions: - 7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. Overcast; warm; light westerly wind. Passer domesticus was to be seen all through Alameda. Along the seawall there were a few gulls. At the roundhouse I saw about 60 sandpipers on the mud. A-