Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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70. conditions:- 1:00 to 6:00 P.M. clear; hot; west wind. Birds very scarce, I saw not more than a dozen in all, the most being Actodromas minutilla. I saw one Symphaenia sempalmata. Sep. 6, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, bal. Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; hot; no wind. A good many Passer domesticus in town. On the bay I saw about thirty Larus hermanni; Larus californicus, abundant; Larus occidentalis, a few. Uria troile, two; one of these birds made a noise similar to a baby's cry. One cormorant. Sep. 7, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, bal. Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; hot. (Temperature at 2:30 P.M. = 105° F) In town - Passer domesticus. On bay - Larus occidentalis - a few. " californicus common. " hermanni. About ten. Uria troile. One. San Francisco to Alameda, bal. Conditions:- 5:15 to 5:45 P.M. On bay (bad position). A few Larus hermanni. In town. Euphagus cyanoccephalus. About twelve. Passer domesticus. Sep. 8, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, bal. Conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. clear; hot. (Temp. at 2:30 P.M. - 100° F)