Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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20. Draw a Dendroica fea and duboui and several Passer domestici in a pear tree near our house. Feb. 3, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, bal. In the morning it was foggy and Drote inside the steamer. Several ducks, apparently Scoup Ducks, were close up on the water close to the mole, where they are seldom seen in clear weather during the hunting season; In the evening Drote on the forward deck of the steamer. Larus californicus and Larus glaucescens were seen on the San Fran- cisco waterfront as usual. When a little east of Goat Island I saw three ducks fly- ing north high in the air, and a dozen going south likewise one loon. Feb. 4, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, bal. Conditions: - Moderate temperature; overcast; slight- ly rainy; light winds. Drote inside the steamer both ways. Along the mole this morning there were a good many ducks, a few stragglers being close in. Scoters, Scoup Ducks, Blangula clangula, and Aristonetta valinieria were recognized. This evening a few bunches of gulls were seen proceeding westward over the city; observed along California St. between 4:30 and five. Apparently Larus glaucescens & Larus californicus.