Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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the slough as we were coming out. I saw at home to-day, a great many Passer domesticus and one Aphelocoma californica. Aug. 25, 1904. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. Conditions: - 3:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Rather overcast; warm; nest wind. In San Leandro slough and the slough to the north of it, I saw and shot some of the following birds:- Squatarola squatarola. Common. Symphenia semipalmata. " Numenius hudsonicus. " We saw three or four flocks of about ten each of these birds flying across the S.P.C. R.R. trestle just at dusk. They came from the direction of San Francisco Bay. Limosa fedoa. Common. I got five out of a passing flock of about a dozen. Snipe. A few. Ereunetes occidentalis. Common. Actodromas minutilla, A few. Nycticorax nycticorax. A few. Rallus obsoletus. A few. Ardea herodias. A few. Aug. 26, 1904. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. Conditions: - 3:30 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Clear; warm; west wind gradually dropping towards 6:00 P.M. We went into the deep slough dividing Bay Farm Island