Bird Notes: Aviary birds of the San Francisco Bay Region, v4289
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seen along the mole. I saw twenty-five cormorants flying northwest high in the air over west Alameda. At one time they formed in a V-formation. Drode on the forward deck of the steamer, and saw a number of Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus. I saw thirteen ducks flying north. Two flocks of about a dozen cormorants each flew across the bows going northwest close to the water. In the evening when I returned I saw the usual Larus glaucescens and Larus californicus. Near Alameda Mole I saw a loon and a dozen ducks southbound. Along the mole and seawall I saw the usual ducks on the water. February 16, 1909. Alameda to San Francisco, California. At home this morning I saw one or two Zonotrichia leucophrys in the back yard. A day or two ago I saw one or two Pipilo fuscus on the street. Along the seawall and mole were several gulls and several small flocks of ducks, also one or two grebes. On the San Francisco side I saw a number of Larus glaucescens on the piles,