Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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62. Conditions: - clear; NW wind; moderate temperature. Birds are very scarce, nothing being seen along the mole, the tide being high both in the morning and evening. In the evening I rode across on the stern of the boat; the only birds observed were several distant gulls. On a roof close to the window where I work in the city, I noted a male and a female Passer domesticus. The former was hopping about chirping with wings outspread half spread and fluttering. The female would chase him about a bit, but finally she lost interest in him and flew off! He immediately quit chirping and watched her flight, and after a minute or so departed himself. May 22, 1907. San Francisco to Alameda, Cal. late afternoon; Conditions: - Moderate temperature; clear; NW wind. No birds were seen along the mole either in the morn- ing or evening. Several immature Larus californicus and two or three adult Larus occidentalis were seen on the west side.