Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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86. conditions:- 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. Moderate temperature; storm still in progress. Passer domesticus seen in town. Along the mole, many gulls and a few large shore birds, also Ardea herodias. On the bay: Larus californicus, abundant; Larus dela- warensis, common; Larus heermanni, common. San Francisco to Alameda, Cal. Conditions:- 5:15 to 6:00 P.M. Moderate temperature; storm still progressing. Larus californicus. Abundant. " delawarensis. Common. " heermanni. About twenty. Two ducks east of Goat Island. They were going north. Sep. 25, 1904. San Leandro Bay, Alameda Co., Cal. conditions:- 8:00 A.M. Trend of day. Moderate temper- ature; storm continues. Blears up a bit about noon. Passer domesticus was abundant in the yard. On the bay about noon I saw two Phalacrocorax in flight. A flock of about thirty ducks, and a flock of about twenty Limosa fedoa passed over the east end of the town. About fifteen Sterna forsteri were scattered about the bay busily fishing. I saw two or three gulls. Near the beach I saw about twelve Euphagus cyanoccephalus. Later in the day I saw an Aphelocoma californica in the back yard eating sunflower seeds. Sep. 26, 1904.