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Euphagus cyancephalus and Anthus pencillanis were common at
the end of the street.
FEB - 3 1905
Alameda, Cal. to and from San Francisco, Cal.
7:00 A.M. to 8:00 A.M. and 5:15 P.M. to 5:35 P.M.
Conditions: - Somewhat overcast; warm; N.E. wind.
Just as we were getting into the slip on the other side this morning, I
saw a few Larus glaucescens and one Larus argentatus on the piles.
This evening while the boat was waiting in the slip there were a
good many Larus californicus (? ? ?) and Larus glaucescens fly-
migabout. Saw one Larus argentatus. The steamer Berkeley came
in followed by a great many gulls, apparently Larus glaucescens.
A good many of this species passed around our boat as we went across.
I was on the forward deck, hence don't know how many birds
were following us. Off the S.W. end of Goat Island we came across
a few Larus californicus.
Off the E. end there were several large flocks of Aythya
marila, amounting to between two and three hundred individ-
uals. These of course got up as the boat approached. Eight Phala-
crocorax passed us, going S.E.
Along the mole I saw one small grebe and several Colongula
clangula. There were two or three herons, Ardea herodias in
the shallow water.
I Block of about one hundred gray (?) geese passed over the
house at about 4:00 P.M. going north-west. I
FEB - 4 1905
Alameda, Cal. to and from San Francisco, Cal.