Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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MAR - 6 1905 Alameda, cal. to and from San Francisco, cal. Conditions: Foggy in the morning; warm and clear in the afternoon. Drove inside the steamer in the morning. Larus glaucus was very common on the piles on the San Francisco side. Near the roundhouse drew a few gulls on the sand; a few ducks were seen along the mole. In the evening Larus glaucus and Larus californicus were very common; Larus occidentalis, a few. Ducks were quite common along the mole and seawall. There two or three hundred gulls on the sand near the round- house. MAR - 8 1905 Alameda, cal. to and from San Francisco, cal. Conditions: clear; warm; light winds. In the morning gulls were abundant on the beach near the roundhouse. Ducks were common along the seawall, apparently mostly scoup ducks. Sear three blangula clang ula and one Merganser serrator. Along the mole ducks were very common. One Order herodias was standing quite near the track. Drove inside the steamer. There were many Larus glaucus on the San Francisco side. In the evening Larus glaucus was abundant; Larus occiden- talis, common; Larus californicus, common; Larus brachy rhynchos or Larus canus, one or two. Sear a few loons passing south. Along the mole ducks were not very common. There were two or three hundred gulls in the shallow water and on the sand.