Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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Passer domesticus. common as usual. Males appear fairly common, as well as females. Astragalus. Noted three or in bush in yard on Central Avenue. I was first attracted by their peculiar little call. Euphagus cyanoccephalus. I did not notice any on wires on Central Avenue in usual place. I saw two, however, feeding on grassy spot close to the sidewalk; they were very tame, allowing me to come within eight or nine feet of them. One was minus a foot, but got about with little difficulty. Aphelocoma californica. Two. Haywards, b.al. conditions:- Warm; NE wind; clear. Middle of day. At Mr. Emerson's I saw the following:- Trochilus anna. Several. Five adult males seen; feeding in alces; & one sitting in peppertree. One or two Empidonax. Munius polyglottos. One immature one. Quite tame; was in rose bush close to window where we were sitting. Passer domesticus. Several in bushes. Gonotrichia leucophrys. One. On the return trip to Alameda in the af ternoon, I saw a few gulls in the canal at Park Street Bridge; one was noted as an adult Larus californicus.