Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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One or two Blangula clangula have been observed yesterday and to-day, in addition to the usual ducks and gulls on the south side of the mole. This evening I saw a large flock of Larus glaucescens hovering over the water in front of the Ferry Building. Two Larus canus or Larus brachyrynchus were seen at a distance on the bay. One adult Larus glaucescens was noted on the water this morning. Larus californicus are mostly all adult. One cormorant seen flying. Mar. 17, 1908. Alameda to and from San Francisco, bal. The weather is still warm and delightful. Along the mole in the morning I noticed considerable numbers of ducks, those close to the mole being Aristonetta valisneria (males and females) and Scaup Ducks. In the evening the tide was low, and gulls, ducks, and one or two Ardea herodias were seen. Two or three mornings ago I saw a Nycticorax nycticorax flying in a northeasterly direction over Alameda. Larus glaucescens (immature) and a few Larus californicus are seen about this piers and buildings on the San Francisco side. I observed a young Larus californicus standing on the pier this evening with several young Larus glaucescens.