Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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132. Alameda to San Francisco, cal; Conditions: - Overcast; moderate temperature; 8:00 A.M. Only one or two gulls followed the steamer while east of Goat Island this morning. Something was thrown overboard, however, and a number swooped for it with shrill cries. After that quite a number followed, viz.: Larus glaucescens, and Larus californicus. On the piles and the roofs of the sheds in front of the Ferry Building there were a good (many gulls) chiefly the former species. Along the mole drawn a few ducks and small grebes at a distance on the water, also a flock of ducks at a distance, flying. Just as the steamer was leaving the mole a Cormorant passed over us flying Northward. During the past two or three weeks one or two loons have been seen in the bay, flying northward. Nov 23, 1907. Alameda to San Francisco, cal. Conditions: - Clear Fairly clear; moderate temperature wind to speak of.