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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.