Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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stormy. A good many ducks are still seen along the mole, despite the weather; they appear to be mostly scoters. When going down the mole on the train occasionally a gull will keep along parallel to it, but above it until the ferry is reached. This morning a [illegible] Larus glaucescens did this. Note: On the tenth I saw a Junco hyemalis in Golden Gate Park, and on Christmas Day I saw several wild Lophortyx californicus which were quite tame. Yesterday morning, as the steamer entered the slip on the San Francisco side, I noticed a good many Larus glaucescens on the roofs of the wharves and shed as well as on the piles. January 16, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California (Warm; misty; no wind. 7:30 & 8:30 A.M. In Alameda I saw Passer domesticus, Pipilo fuscus, and Zonotrichia leucophrys (several young and one adult). In the right near the roundhouse I saw several ducks. Along the mole were the usual distant flocks, too far to be positively identified; ap. presently mostly scoters. I saw also several gulls flying On the bay I saw one scoter, southbound, About twenty Larus glaucescens and two or three Larus californicus followed the steamer, The Larus glaucescens were mostly immature,