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123.
Nov. 5, 1907. Alameda to and from San Francisco, Cal.
conditions:- No wind; overcast in afternoon; moderate
temperature.
Yesterday morning when crossing the bay to
San Francisco I saw four cormorants flying
northward. Also four ducks quite high up.
This morning noted a couple
of cormorants again
doing the same thing, and one lone duck
going southward. On the bay Larus cali-
fornicus is seen very commonly, mostly
in immature plumages, many of them fol-
lowing the ferry boats.
Along the mole this morning the water
was perfectly calm; the air a little hazy.
Strung along the mole for about half its
length beginning at the landward end there
were a good many gulls, some out the
water, some flying or fluttering over it.
Larus californicus and several Larus
philadelphia were the species observed.
Nov. 9, 1907.
Alameda to and from San Francisco, Cal.
Conditions:- Rather warm; westerly winds; this morn-