Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
Page 221
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
89. gull on a pile. Near the ferry landing but alongside the mole I saw two Uria troile as the train passed. They appeared to be young birds. Near the roundhouse I saw between 200 and 300 gulls, about twenty or thirty large shore birds, and about fifty sandpipers. These birds were all on the mud. In a near- by slough there were about a dozen large shore birds. I saw a flock of about 40 Euphagie cyanoccephalus at 5th St. Station. They were flying parallel to the beach. At Morton St. I saw a flock of about 20 circling about. Sep. 28, 1904. Alameda to San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - 7:00 to 8:00 A.M. Warm; clear; no wind. Passer domesticus was abundant in town. There were a good many gulls along the beach near 5th St. Along the mole there were a good many gulls, about 100 sand- pipers, and about 40 large shore birds, also a few Ardea herodias. On the bay Larus californicus was common, Larus delanarensis a few. One large grebe off Goat Island and also two Uria troile. Conditions: - 5:15 to 5:35 P.M. Warm; light east wind; clear. Larus californicus. Common. " delanarensis. A few. Sterna forsteri. A few. Sep. 29, 1904.