Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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This evening I saw the usual Larus glanceceens, and Larus californicus on the bay, immature birds of the former being common on the piles where they kept up quite a squabbling. On the east side of the bay I saw several terns (Sterna forsteri?) flying south, also two or three loons and one Phalacrocorax auritus. One grebe in water. Along the mole I saw two or three flocks of ducks on the water, and an Ardea herodias on the sand. February 9, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. This morning I saw four or five flocks of ducks on the water along the seawall and mole, also two or three grebes. On the right near the roundhouse I saw eight Larus glanceceens and Larus cali- ifornicus on the sand. This evening about 5:45 I saw a good many gulls, chiefly Larus glanceceens (young) and a few Larus californicus near the San Francisco Ferry Building. Some were picking up refuse and uttering their shrill cries. February 10, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California.