Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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64. same time. Not much of anything was seen on the bay until southeast of Goat Island, when we encountered a flock of thirty or forty immature Larus californicus sitting together on the water. Three Larus philadelphia alighted on the water at the outer edge of the flock as we passed. May 27, 1907. Alameda to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Overcast in afternoon; moderate temperature; clear in morning; NW wind. On the sands exposed near the roundhouse this morning were two or three immature Larus californicus; on the bay several were seen flying. On the bay in the afternoon half a dozen like the above were seen and also a couple of adult Larus occidentalis. May 28, 1907. Alameda to and from San Francisco, Cal. Conditions: - Moderate temperature; NW wind; clear. Although there was a very large expanse of mud and sand exposed this morning near the round- house there was not a bird in sight.