Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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77. Sep. 15, 1904 Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions: - 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. Cool; overcast; light west wind. A few Passer domesticus were seen on the way to the train, also one balypete anna. Off the seawall near 5th St. I saw a young Larus californicus on the water. On the water near the roundhouse there were about a hun- dred gulls, mostly Larus californicus. On the bay I saw a few Larus heermanni; a few Larus delawarensis, and a good many Larus californicus. San Francisco to Alameda, cal. Conditions: - 5:15 to 5:35 P.M. Clear; moderate temper- atire; west wind. Along the wharves I noted a good many Larus californicus, a few Larus delawarensis, and a few (Larus heermanni, mostly young birds.) Larus del- awarensis appeared commonly and Larus califor- nicus abundantly on the trip across. There were a great many gulls on the strip of beach north of Oakland Creek. I saw one Larus occidentalis on the piles at the mole. Sep. 16, 1904 Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions: - 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. Cool; overcast; west wind. I saw a few Passer domesticus in town; while in the vegetable gardens I saw a few Euphagus cyancephalus. A flock of about forty ducks passed over the bend of