Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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225; Larus philadelphia; 9; Alameda, bal.; C.A.S. No. 24235 226; David Summe; 8; Alameda, Cal.; C.A.S. No. 24239. I saw also hundreds of curlew, probably Numenius hudsonicus, they were in two or three large flocks principally south of the S.P.C.R.R. MAR 28 1905 Alameda, bal. to and from San Francisco, bal. Conditions: - Stormy; Strong southerly wind. Gulls were very common on the bay in the evening:- Larus glaucusceens, common; Larus occidentalis, 2083; Larus californicus, common. Ducks: two seen going north; not very common along mole and seawall, Aythya marila and Oidemia deglandi; in the morning ducks were common in these two places. I saw two Larus argentatus on the piles on the San Francisco side. MAR 31 1905 Alameda, bal. to and from San Francisco, bal. Conditions: - Warm; light winds; clear. Ducks were fairly common along the seawall and mole in the morning, they appear to be mostly scoters and Aythya marila; A few Oidemia deglandi still stay in close to the rocks near the slips. Daws one grebe in the morning and two in the evening. Ducks were not common in the evening. Larus californicus is abundant on the bay, Larus glaucusceens, a few. There were several hundred gulls on the sand along the mole and along the south shore of the town. About twenty Phalacrocorax dilophus passed over as I was going