Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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herodias stood on the trestle. We saw these birds quite frequently during our trip. In the slough separating Bay Farm Island from the mainland we saw two or three Nycticorax nycticorax, a few Symphemia semipalmata, and two or three Nu- menius hudsonicus. Near the southern end of it we saw a duck standing on a sandbar. Only one Rallus obsoletus was seen and that was swimming across a slough. Once outside the following birds were seen:- bolymbus nigricollis. Groups of 2 or 3 were to be seen scattered about abundantly on the glassy surface of the bay. Larus californicus. A few decoyed to a dead willet thrown into the air. Phalaropus - Two were seen on the water near the mouth of a slough. Ducks. A few flocks came by flying high and in a south- easterly direction. One flock contained as many as fifty. They seem to follow the trend of the mountains along the bay shore, for they usually come from the northwest, keeping parallel to the range. A few single birds were seen travelling north. Limosa fedoa. A few were seen. One shot. A large flock of these or curlews were seen travelling SE. Numenius hudsonicus. A few were seen. Actodromas minutilla. Several flocks of about ten each were seen. Three shot. Squatarola squatarola. One seen on beach.